Comments on: You Discussed Posada’s Hall of Fame Candidacy and Didn’t Invite Me?

By: Futility Infielder • BLOG

Futility Infielder • BLOG — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:03:48 +0000

[…] Keri, a former BP colleague and a big JAWS fan, essentially invited me into the discussion, and I responded thusly, with further correspondence from Jonah and Rob […]

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:53:19 +0000

I'm certainly less comfortable with the rankings of the 19th century players than I am the 20th, and I think it's very tough to understand how different catching defense was in those days – pre-shinguards, specialized mitts, and even squatting – than in the modern era. So I think you can take their rankings with a grain of salt. All we really know is that they were among the best in their day by wide margins, and whether you want to go beyond that to judge them relative to the Campys and Cochranes is more subjective.

Re: Ferrell, that's been the working theory for years. Same with Lloyd Waner, who wasn't nearly the hitter his brother Paul was.

By: John Q

John Q — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:05:19 +0000

Jay,

It's odd to see a Yankee who was on world champion teams being underrated but Posada is one such player.

Do you think that Warp 3 skews the 19th century players defense too much? The skeptic in me says there's no way Charlie Bennett and Deacon White were better players then Campenella and Cochrane.

I have a theory that the writers really wanted to vote Rick Ferrell's brother into the HOF but someone got the names mixed up and they were embarrassed so nobody said a word.

By: Andrew Katz

Andrew Katz — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:14:55 +0000

Really nice analysis. Will be interesting to see what happens with Posada the next few years. Wrote about this on my blog: http://www.noyoureatowel.net/2009/06/on-jeter-and-posada.html