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Aug 12, 2013 11:47 AM
Been watching baseball for longer thanI care to say and Cabrera is far and away the best hitter that I have seen. Some experts say the best since Ted Williams. He gets no infield hits because of lack of speed. If I were an opposing mgr. Cabrera would get walked much more. Maybe that will happen soon, mainly because he will NOT swing at bad pitches and he hits strikes like nobody else in baseball.
Aug 12, 2013 11:47am
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Aug 12, 2013 11:57 AM
Sorry but he is NOT far and away better than Pujols was in his St Louis days. Probably on par, MAYBE a little better, but far and away is absurd.
Aug 12, 2013 11:57am
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Aug 12, 2013 11:59 AM
He is very good, but I think Manny in his day was just as good
Aug 12, 2013 11:59am
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Aug 12, 2013 12:00 PM
He is the best I've seen, but Pujols easily has a case as best in this generation alone. No way is he far and away the best. Manny was a beast as well for a good stretch of time.
Aug 12, 2013 12:00pm
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Aug 12, 2013 12:05 PM
Yeah, like others have said. In the "right here and now", it's a no-doubter that Miggy's the best, but you don't have to go back far to have Pujois, who was the best and at a level at or above Miggy's current level. I think that saying he's far and away the best is kind of getting into ESPN/SportsCenter talk where whoever is the best at any one moment is The Greatest Ever (slight exaggeration, but that's often how they portray things where "IN THE NOW" is the only thing that matters).
Aug 12, 2013 12:05pm
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Aug 12, 2013 12:10 PM
I didn't include guys like Manny and Bonds because of cheating.
Aug 12, 2013 12:10pm
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Aug 12, 2013 9:44 PM
Bonds was the best I've seen....but Cabrera is working his way there. Pujols about the same....Manny close but a touch below IMO.

There may not be a clean player mentioned in this thread.
Aug 12, 2013 9:44pm
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Aug 12, 2013 10:38 PM
Ironman92;1486048 wrote:Bonds was the best I've seen....but Cabrera is working his way there. Pujols about the same....Manny close but a touch below IMO.

There may not be a clean player mentioned in this thread.
My guess is Pujols was/is clean. He has had a natural dropoff with age, coupled with injuries that PEDs were masking/preventing.
Aug 12, 2013 10:38pm
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Aug 12, 2013 11:27 PM
Miggy would bat fourth on the 1927 Yankees.
Aug 12, 2013 11:27pm
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Aug 13, 2013 8:30 AM
lol@ "far and away" :rolleyes:
Aug 13, 2013 8:30am
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Aug 13, 2013 9:16 AM
vball10set;1486145 wrote:lol@ "far and away" :rolleyes:[/QUO

That term may have been a bit over the top. That said, he is the best hitter in baseball today. If not him, who then??
If your watching your seeing greatness.
Aug 13, 2013 9:16am
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Aug 13, 2013 10:05 AM
assumption;1486169 wrote:
vball10set;1486145 wrote:lol@ "far and away" :rolleyes:[/QUO

That term may have been a bit over the top. That said, he is the best hitter in baseball today. If not him, who then??
If your watching your seeing greatness.
No one is arguing that.

But before him Pujols was the best and we were watching history. Before him, Manny. Before him, Bonds.

Miggy is having historical Back-To-Back seasons. But he hasnt touched what Pujols or Bonds did over a decade. Manny has never had a season like Miggy but over the career, was a bit better at a younger age.
Aug 13, 2013 10:05am
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Aug 13, 2013 10:09 AM
vball10set;1486145 wrote:lol@ "far and away" :rolleyes:[/QUO

That term may have been a bit over the top. That said, he is the best hitter in baseball today. If not him, who then??
If your watching your seeing greatness.
assumption;1486169 wrote:
No one is arguing that.

But before him Pujols was the best and we were watching history. Before him, Manny. Before him, Bonds.

Miggy is having historical Back-To-Back seasons. But he hasnt touched what Pujols or Bonds did over a decade. Manny has never had a season like Miggy but over the career, was a bit better at a younger age.
This.
Aug 13, 2013 10:09am
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Aug 13, 2013 10:12 AM
assumption;1486169 wrote: That term may have been a bit over the top. That said, he is the best hitter in baseball today. If not him, who then??
If your watching your seeing greatness.
Laley23;1486201 wrote:
No one is arguing that.

But before him Pujols was the best and we were watching history. Before him, Manny. Before him, Bonds.

Miggy is having historical Back-To-Back seasons. But he hasnt touched what Pujols or Bonds did over a decade. Manny has never had a season like Miggy but over the career, was a bit better at a younger age.
This.
Aug 13, 2013 10:12am
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Aug 13, 2013 11:23 AM
SMH @ OP "far and away"

To the OP: read this, and STFU

http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/16954/albert-pujols-decade-of-dominance


He is currently the best hitter in baseball though, and a certain HOF if he's never caught roiding (I'm not saying he is, I'm saying if he's caught he's not HOF).
Aug 13, 2013 11:23am
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Aug 13, 2013 10:24 PM
If Cabrera keeps it up he will have a better season than Pujols ever had but still what these guys have done as long as they have is really incredible. Cabrera is still 3 years younger than him however as he just turned 30
Aug 13, 2013 10:24pm
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Aug 18, 2013 9:21 AM
Juiced???
Aug 18, 2013 9:21am
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Aug 18, 2013 11:01 PM
vball10set;1488430 wrote:Juiced???
Lol no he's naturally a huge guy. He didn't explode like Bonds
Aug 18, 2013 11:01pm
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Aug 18, 2013 11:29 PM
At this point, it is ballsy to say any of these guys aren't juicing. Time will tell
Aug 18, 2013 11:29pm
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Aug 19, 2013 7:53 AM
Classyposter58;1488629 wrote:Lol no he's naturally a huge guy. He didn't explode like Bonds
wes_mantooth;1488641 wrote:At this point, it is ballsy to say any of these guys aren't juicing. Time will tell
Fair or not, skepticism is now part of our sports culture. As mantooth said, time will tell.
Aug 19, 2013 7:53am