Stephen Lombardi brings us The Baseball Same Game, a fun romp through the history of baseball. He uses comparisons to league averages to find players of similar career lengths and statistics. Some make perfect sense, as Christy Mathewson is paired with Tom Seaver. Some surprise, such as Ralph Garr and Davey Johnson.

One that really surprised me was Thurman Munson and Terry Puhl. When we played Strat-o-matic, we called the former outfielder Terry Tool. He was a 1 e0 in right field, the best fielder he could be. He was an A bunter, a B hit and run (both tops) and had great stealing and base running ratings. He seems about as far away from the stocky catcher as you could imagine.

But offensively, they were close. Munson had more power, but in terms of runs created, the two were very close. It's one of the examples in the book of Lombardi finding someone (Puhl in this case) who's better than you thought.

So pick up a copy of The Baseball Same Game and take a trip down memory lane. You'll meet old friends and make some new ones.