Roberto Alomar Retires

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Re: Roberto Alomar Retires

1. Carew was a great 2B but he was more of a slap hitter. He was basically Ichiro before Ichiro. Alomar had power in his game and was a good base stealer.

2. Ryne Sandberg looked good mainly because of the infield at Wrigley which was done in such a way as to make fielding a lot easier for the IFs. Alomar's prime years were on turf which takes a toll on the body and can take strange hops.

1. Slap-hitter or not, Carew was one of the best pure hitters of the last 30 years.

2. I don't know what astro-turf you've seen or played on, but it gives truer and much less bad hops than grass/dirt infields. And it isn't even close.

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Re: Roberto Alomar Retires

1. Carew was a great 2B but he was more of a slap hitter. He was basically Ichiro before Ichiro. Alomar had power in his game and was a good base stealer.

2. Ryne Sandberg looked good mainly because of the infield at Wrigley which was done in such a way as to make fielding a lot easier for the IFs. Alomar's prime years were on turf which takes a toll on the body and can take strange hops.

1. Slap-hitter or not, Carew was one of the best pure hitters of the last 30 years.

2. I don't know what astro-turf you've seen or played on, but it gives truer and much less bad hops than grass/dirt infields. And it isn't even close.

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Re: Roberto Alomar Retires

This just goes to show that ranking players can be very subjective.

No doubt. The list were guys I'd probably place ahead of Alomar in my top 10 2B's of all-time. Alomar is top 10 easily, but I'm not so sure he breaks top 5 for me.

It's really subjective because it's difficult to compare players of different generations and difficult to rate older players. I've never seen them play, but I'm basing it on things I've read and stats.

PS - I also left off Rogers Hornsby on my list of 2B's. I knew I was forgetting someone!!

[mjb2124]

Re: Roberto Alomar Retires

This just goes to show that ranking players can be very subjective.

No doubt. The list were guys I'd probably place ahead of Alomar in my top 10 2B's of all-time. Alomar is top 10 easily, but I'm not so sure he breaks top 5 for me.

It's really subjective because it's difficult to compare players of different generations and difficult to rate older players. I've never seen them play, but I'm basing it on things I've read and stats.

PS - I also left off Rogers Hornsby on my list of 2B's. I knew I was forgetting someone!!