data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.104665 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: Jack Morris
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Roger Maynard) writes:
>>(BTW, by my definitions,
>>the "best" player is the one who does the most things to help his team
>>win. I will allow that this could vary depending on who else is on the
>>team, by having aptitudes one team needs more than others.)
>
>Well then given your definition of "best" is it not conceivable that
>Alfredo Griffin could bring something to a team that that team needs
>to win while Larkin might not have that something the team needs?
No. I do not find this conceivable. I also cannot conceive of the
possibility that there is any hypothetical team which Morris would
help more than Clemens.
>Would Griffin then be better than Larkin?
Given your premise, yes. But you are alone in your ability to
conceive of that premise.
-Valentine