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What's great about Wikipedia...
… is that anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you’re getting the best possible information.
by Jason Brannon on Feb 13, 2012 11:35 AM EST reply actions
Of course, Wikipedia matches official MLB records, so...
http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=112431
I believe the discrepancy has long been known about, and came up around the time that Pete Rose broke the all-time MLB hits record. MLB has refused to acknowledge many of the official records errors that box score research has uncovered over the years. They treat (most of) their records as ‘facts’, the actual historical facts of the matter be damned, especially when a revered record like Cobb’s batting average is at stake.
by Tim E. Space on Feb 13, 2012 11:45 AM EST reply actions
Records updated
MLB had no problem changing the total hits for Stan Ross from 3000 to 2997 after a scorer discovered a problem. And I’m sure they are hoping and praying somebody can find 8 homeruns to take away from Bonds.
by rrtplrk on Feb 13, 2012 12:42 PM EST reply actions
Yes, it seems it would take a fictional MLB to do something like that...
Nice reference:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006GAI64/iowafarmrepormin
is where you’re sent if you plug “Stan Ross” into baseball-reference.com’s search engine.
by Tim E. Space on Feb 13, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Thought more people would catch this
The first time I saw Mr 3000, which was before Bonds broke the record, I was thinking the baseball writers would love to tell Bonds he didn’t break the record after he retired. Not going to happen of course. And like Maris, Bonds will be hated more for breaking the record than coming up short.
by rrtplrk on Feb 14, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting dichotomy
considering Wendy Thurm’s recent article, “Baseball Records Are Facts.”
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/2/8/2783053/baseball-records-are-facts-not-opinions-or-judgments
Not trying to rip on anyone, just observing it’s interesting that old-time “facts” have been found to be something less than that. I think those eight Bonds homers will be quite difficult to make go away.
by GBSimons on Feb 13, 2012 12:51 PM EST reply actions
Agreed on both counts
The official MLB records and “facts” are not completely overlapping sets.
by Tim E. Space on Feb 13, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
He hit a homer against the Cubs in '92 that was octuple counted by mistake.
by Jason Brannon on Feb 13, 2012 1:07 PM EST reply actions
Wow, Ty Cobb had a longer career than I realized
by J0SER on Feb 13, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
How about this, which I just pulled off of Yoenis Cespedes' Wiki page
“On February 13, 2012 Cespedes agreed to a 4-year, $36 trillion contract with the New York Yankees.”
by ahhall on Feb 13, 2012 2:28 PM EST reply actions
That's a lot of Moros y Cristianos
by J0SER on Feb 13, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
Pat Gillick’s wikipedia page used to end with, “Also, he is the worst person in baseball.”
by Phrozen on Feb 13, 2012 4:19 PM EST reply actions
The truth? You can't handle the truth!
by J0SER on Feb 14, 2012 5:09 AM EST reply actions
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