Baseball
Rediscovering Baseball from the 80’s
So I was chatting with a buddy about some baseball stuff, specifically how public perception of Barry Bonds has changed over the years.
I described to him how I remember that Bonds was generally well-liked in the early 90’s. Around that time, it was like “Holy shit, with all these metrics coming out now, is Bonds really the best player in baseball? And has he been for several years now?” Sabergeeks were loving him more and more as analysis gained momentum. His prickly personality was maybe not so prickly yet and certainly wasn’t well-known. (more…)