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To: EveningStar; grey_whiskers

Its not called bias. Its called performance.

Jeter lifetime BA: .310
Ripken lifetime BA: .276

Ripken was the iron man, but that doesn’t make him necessarily the better player. Its very close, but I wouldn’t attribute it to bias. And who won more World Series Championships? Jeter by a mile.


61 posted on 10/14/2016 6:11:31 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45; grey_whiskers
Its not called bias. Its called performance.

Jeter lifetime BA: .310
Ripken lifetime BA: .276

Ripken was the iron man, but that doesn’t make him necessarily the better player. Its very close, but I wouldn’t attribute it to bias. And who won more World Series Championships? Jeter by a mile.




Good points. Thank you. :)

90 posted on 10/15/2016 10:38:35 AM PDT by EveningStar
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