Somebody's gotta do it. When Catholic church bigwigs get together to discuss making someone a saint, one of the cardinals must take the negative side and present the best argument against him or her. This is where the term "devil's advocate" comes from
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At the same time, I'm happy for the guy. I'm sure this will mean the world to him and he's such a nice guy.
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He was a player, manager, announcer, coach, instructor and assistant to the GM, and then elder statesman roving coach before he moved to being bench coach.
The Trio has done a good job of breaking negative ties to the past, but it is just as important for a team with as much history as the Yankees, Dodgers, or Cardinals to celebrate the positive aspects of that history when they can.
Johnny is a direct link to the Golden Heart of Red Sox history in his relationship with Ted, Bobby, and Dom. Lets celebrate that while he's here.
[great idea for a post by the way]
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1942 11.2
1946 11.6
1947 7.0
1948 5.6
1949 7.2
1950 6.5
1951 5.6
1952 -0.7
If we conservatively give him 8 wins above replacement for each year from 1943-1945, that's 78.7 wins above replacement, which while not HOF caliber, is still an excellent career when taken in conjunction with 50 years of service to the club. By comparison, there are tons of people who think Jim Rice should be in the HOF, let alone have his number retired, and his career WARP3 is 80.5, so Pesky is basically Rice plus 50 years of service.
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