Seven	Re: Reducing Stress
	Larc, I didn't mean to turn the stress reduction thread into a baseball thread. Too late Larc! Something that causes me great stress is both Bill Mazeroski and Pete Rose absence from the hall of fame. If Bill had been a Yankee or Dodger he'd have been there. Pete should be there. They can shove the induction up their keisters after they're dead-do it now! William Stanley Mazeroski "Maz" Future Hall of Fame Member Born: September 5, 1936 Second Baseman Threw and Batted Right-Handed "The exclusion of Mazeroski from Cooperstown is a case of simple discrimination against defensive skills." --- George Will. Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG 1956 Pittsburgh 81 255 30 62 8 1 3 14 .243 1957 Pittsburgh 148 526 59 149 27 7 8 54 .283 1958 Pittsburgh 152 567 69 156 24 6 19 68 .275 1959 Pittsburgh 135 493 50 119 15 6 7 59 .241 1960 Pittsburgh 151 538 58 147 21 5 11 64 .273 1961 Pittsburgh 152 558 71 148 21 2 13 59 .265 1962 Pittsburgh 159 572 55 155 24 9 14 81 .271 1963 Pittsburgh 142 534 43 131 22 3 8 52 .245 1964 Pittsburgh 162 601 66 161 22 8 10 64 .268 1965 Pittsburgh 130 494 52 134 17 1 6 54 .271 1966 Pittsburgh 162 621 56 163 22 7 16 82 .262 1967 Pittsburgh 163 639 62 167 25 3 9 77 .261 1968 Pittsburgh 143 506 36 127 18 2 3 42 .251 1969 Pittsburgh 67 227 13 52 7 1 3 25 .229 1970 Pittsburgh 112 367 29 84 14 0 7 39 .229 1971 Pittsburgh 70 193 17 49 3 1 1 16 .254 1972 Pittsburgh 34 64 3 12 4 0 0 3 .188 M.L. Totals 2,163 7,755 769 2,016 294 62 138 853 .260 "No one appreciates Bill Mazeroski more than I do. With the art of fielding under appreciated, I can say no one did it any better. He set the standard. --- HOF'er Brooks Robinson Holds Major League record for career double plays by a second baseman with 1,706 Led League in assists 9 times Led League in double plays 8 times Won 8 Golden Gloves Named to 7 All-Star games Hit game-winning homerun in bottom of the ninth of game 7, 1960 World Series Considered, by many, the greatest defensive infielder of all-time ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "As an 8-year-old Yankee fan in 1960, I literally wept when Bill Mazeroski's home run cleared the ivy-covered wall of Forbes Field. 35 years later, I believe I have come to terms with it, and can see Bill Mazeroski for what he really was: one of baseball's all-time great second basemen." - Bob Costas, NBC Sports "Mazeroski's defensive statistics are probably the best of any player in baseball history, at any position. Intuitively, that seems like a Hall of Famer." --- Bill James Keeping an open mind is virtue-but not so open that your brains fall out.-James Oberg
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