<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post8379694819083381417..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>18</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1805112068956693385</id><published>2007-10-03T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-03T17:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>With four strikeouts (so far) today, Utley is look...</title><summary type='text'>With four strikeouts (so far) today, Utley is looking like the second coming of Alfonso Soriano.  How&#39;s his defense?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1805112068956693385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1805112068956693385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191448140000#c1805112068956693385' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3405797374576647621</id><published>2007-10-01T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-01T13:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since the players come from all over, why do peopl...</title><summary type='text'>Since the players come from all over, why do people feel local geographical pride in Major League baseball.  It&#39;s not as if the players were kids who grew up locally.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love the Phillies and hope they pull off a miracle.  Grew up in Warminster to the north of Philly -- ten miles.  Still remember listening to the radio with my dad in the early 60s as Johnny Callison fouled off 17 </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/3405797374576647621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/3405797374576647621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191259260000#c3405797374576647621' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4315733027520607552</id><published>2007-09-29T19:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T19:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yogi Berra said, &quot;Good pitching beats good hitting...</title><summary type='text'>Yogi Berra said, &quot;Good pitching beats good hitting any day of the week. And vice versa.&quot; Or something like that. Richard Grossinger&#39;s anthology BASEBALL, I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE (North Atlantic) truly unloosened the strings wrapped tightly around my heart and ears. Good post. /bb</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4315733027520607552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4315733027520607552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191108600000#c4315733027520607552' title=''/><author><name>Bobby</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17698323940231517933</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-65198729"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8237628447391749691</id><published>2007-09-29T18:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T18:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>paragraph 6: &quot;...wilted from the Philadelphia heat...</title><summary type='text'>paragraph 6: &quot;...wilted from the Philadelphia heat around the middle of August and has been pitching on fumes since then.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;fumes from the little heap of dessicated foliage on the pitchers mound?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/8237628447391749691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/8237628447391749691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191103620000#c8237628447391749691' title=''/><author><name>Tinker Greene</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16667761674945417190</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-204239496"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6391848204509273350</id><published>2007-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>go indians, but interesting entry</title><summary type='text'>go indians, but interesting entry</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/6391848204509273350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/6391848204509273350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191089220000#c6391848204509273350' title=''/><author><name>andrew worthington</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08035345198006667194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://voguehaleine.blog.20minutes.fr/album/musee_imaginaire/bleu_miro_iii.5.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1298553881"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5261684628313759653</id><published>2007-09-28T22:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T22:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>M “A”GICK NO.2</title><summary type='text'>M “A”&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;GIC&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;K NO&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/5261684628313759653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/5261684628313759653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191033900000#c5261684628313759653' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4414103951529191508</id><published>2007-09-28T19:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T19:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a lifelong Twins fan, it wasn&#39;t until my family...</title><summary type='text'>As a lifelong Twins fan, it wasn&#39;t until my family moved to King of Prussia, just outside of Philly, that I became a Phillies fan.  That was back in the fall of 1976, just in time for the 1977 division title just before we moved back to Twins territory.  I started rooting for the Cubs back in 1984 after watching Sandberg lead numerous rallies and perform late inning heroics on cable tv, before I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4414103951529191508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4414103951529191508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191020580000#c4414103951529191508' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8583580319211662039</id><published>2007-09-28T17:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T17:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tony, you raise good points both in the comparing ...</title><summary type='text'>Tony, you raise good points both in the comparing eras and the Baerga department. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. COMPARISON OF ERAS&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In Morgan’s career of 17 full seasons, he only exceeded that season’s average NL slugging percentage by 100 points in three seasons, 74-76.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Morgan&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1974   494  367   127&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1975   508  369   139&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1976   576  361   215&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Utley has done </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/8583580319211662039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/8583580319211662039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191014880000#c8583580319211662039' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4506869217607416826</id><published>2007-09-28T16:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T16:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I like Charles North&#39;s &quot;Lineups&quot; as far as basebal...</title><summary type='text'>I like Charles North&#39;s &quot;Lineups&quot; as far as baseball poetry is concerned.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a Mets fan, you are really rubbing it in.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But my loyalties are divided, since I grew up in Colorado. So let&#39;s not forget about the Rockies, who&#39;ve won 11 straight, tops in the league and have only been in the playoffs once.  I would love to see them get in.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-Tom King</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4506869217607416826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/4506869217607416826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191011640000#c4506869217607416826' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14211378281642641041</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1642046747"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6422363315555898848</id><published>2007-09-28T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T14:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m definitely rooting for the Phils to take the E...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m definitely rooting for the Phils to take the East or the WC. The Mets are boring and if they blow it this late in the season they deserve what they get. The Padres are even more boring, and I don&#39;t think anybody outside of SD wants to see them play, ever. At the same time the Pads are up against the Brewers right now and need to win to help the Cubs (my 2nd fave NL team) get to the playoffs </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/6422363315555898848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/6422363315555898848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191003780000#c6422363315555898848' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/677904498_38f740fd93.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7366768350438852308</id><published>2007-09-28T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T14:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>BIll Luoma (B-Lu, or Billy Whiteshoes), Judith Gol...</title><summary type='text'>BIll Luoma (B-Lu, or Billy Whiteshoes), Judith Goldman, (J-Go) and I have hit balls at the cage at Bushrod (two blocks from my house).&lt;BR/&gt;dbuuck</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/7366768350438852308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/7366768350438852308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1191002880000#c7366768350438852308' title=''/><author><name>dbuuck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01168078423144600856</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-160349318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2006820518822682482</id><published>2007-09-28T13:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T13:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny no one seems to remember Jeff Kent&#39;s numbers...</title><summary type='text'>Funny no one seems to remember Jeff Kent&#39;s numbers.  Currently lifetime slugging percentage of 504, with a run of great years beginning in 1997--his first year as a Giant--through 2005.  Maybe I&#39;m forgetting someone, but what other 2nd baseman has comparable numbers in the last decade?  I nearly cried like a baby when we lost him in 2002.  But watch out for SF--Cain and Lincecum and Lowry could </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/2006820518822682482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/2006820518822682482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190999820000#c2006820518822682482' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2553390964029778356</id><published>2007-09-28T12:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T12:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe Morgan &gt; Ryne Sandberg &gt; Craig Biggio &gt; Robert...</title><summary type='text'>Joe Morgan &gt; Ryne Sandberg &gt; Craig Biggio &gt; Roberto Alomar &gt; Jeff Kent &gt; Lou Whitaker&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lou Whitaker was a very good 2nd baseman with a pretty great double play partner; basically, he was the Ray Durham of the 80s.  Also, I&#39;d be careful blankly comparing slugging percentages across eras; a 500 slugging percentage in 1968 is not the same as a 500 slugging percentage in 1998.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Utley </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/2553390964029778356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/2553390964029778356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190996280000#c2553390964029778356' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos-150.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v63/8/119/663805611/n663805611_49150_9456.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3435575454486621796</id><published>2007-09-28T12:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T12:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m right with Ian Keenan when he endorses Tom Cla...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m right with Ian Keenan when he endorses Tom Clark&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Blue&lt;/I&gt;.  A great looking cover too, with an image of Vida. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Ron&#39;s take here on poetry and baseball, while obviously not the main point of the post here, still must be adjudged as a touch off-base because it doesn&#39;t reference Thayer.  That poem captures one of the great truths of baseball hitting (and of any great game): </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/3435575454486621796'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/3435575454486621796'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190995800000#c3435575454486621796' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-51375704889676200</id><published>2007-09-28T11:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T11:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Whitaker-Trammell combo is among baseball&#39;s al...</title><summary type='text'>The Whitaker-Trammell combo is among baseball&#39;s all-time best.  From 1977 to 1995, they led the Tigers to glory years.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/51375704889676200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/51375704889676200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190994540000#c51375704889676200' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1352836841294518838</id><published>2007-09-28T11:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T11:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the post season the off days de-emphasize the b...</title><summary type='text'>In the post season the off days de-emphasize the back end of the rotation, so the Phils can use Hamels and Kendrick for four of the starts in a seven game series.  If the no. 1 starter goes on three days rest, he can pitch three games and the no. 2 starter can pitch two.  The problem obviously is that Hamels’ elbow is iffy, so they can’t overuse him.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course, a team like the Padres can</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1352836841294518838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1352836841294518838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190994180000#c1352836841294518838' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1571156042088759631</id><published>2007-09-28T11:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T11:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for a great post. Better than anything in t...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for a great post. Better than anything in the Chron&#39;s sports page!  I&#39;m an avid A&#39;s fan so I kind of lose track of the National League, but the Phils are such an interesting team. Will watch them more closely.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1571156042088759631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1571156042088759631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190993700000#c1571156042088759631' title=''/><author><name>poetowen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11278368064478791137</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-805817705"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1235826313713597287</id><published>2007-09-28T07:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-28T07:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, you may have grown up watching Willie Mays, a...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, you may have grown up watching Willie Mays, and Chase Utley certainly is pretty, but anyone who grew up in Detroit in the 1980s can tell you that the best second baseman since Joe Morgan was, and is, Lou Whitaker. Nobody made ninety feet off of his back foot look so easy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1235826313713597287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8379694819083381417/comments/default/1235826313713597287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html?showComment=1190980320000#c1235826313713597287' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://members.chello.nl/j.seegers1/dada_files/images/duch_plaques.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/jimmy-rollins-is-not-just-best.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8379694819083381417' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8379694819083381417' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-353852049"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2007"/></entry></feed>