July 29, 2002
The Last Great SS Era:
Al Bethke makes a good point about Trammell vs. Ozzie Smith in this post. In the 80's, Bill James wrote that the greatest shortstop since Honus Wagner was playing, and he didn't know who he was. Trammell was very good; unlike Ozzie and Cal and Robin, however, he played in a park that helped his offense. Plus, he never won an MVP like his AL counterparts. However, I still tend to agree with AL, and Trammell probably should be in there with the other three (this assumes, of course, that Cal is going in).
Posted by David Pinto at
07:48 PM
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