Submitted by Prospero, Jun 18, 2007 22:02

"Mr Ripken, congratulations! You've been elected to the Hall of Fame"
"Ripken, there's no Ripken here... Dent maybe?"
"Oh..." click...
"Damn..."

Bucky Dent, career OBP: .297
League average while Dent played: .326

Bucky Dent, career SLG%: .321
League average while Dent played: .386

Dent's career OPS+: 74

Bucky Dent's career VORP (Value Over Replcement Player): -2.6.

0.00 is average at the position. And VORP calculates both offense and defense. Yeah...

Bucky's bat was hurting the team and his glove didn't make up for it either. Just like Doug Out's glove didn't make up for his bat, which was dead on arrival. Just because you win the lotto once doesn't mean you're preternaturally favored by the baseball gods.

And just because Paul O Neill, or any of the other great players got old doesn't mean they weren't good in their heyday.

But I'll leave this be before we get onto something really controversial. Like Jeter's glove...

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