Comparing Tony 2 Cal ...

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When you compare Cal to Tony, you guys always miscount something ?

1) He's more popular than Tony, so he can bring more fans to a ball game.
Ichiro is a good example, he brings more Asians to the game.
so Safeco Field is always crowded with people and they cheer for the team,
and OTHER players try their BEST to make a GOOD impression on their fans,
and THAT help you team play BETTER,
so Cal is doing BETTER than Tony in that matter.

2) You guys said AL hurlers are braver than NL pitchers, eh ?
Do you think Roger Clemens will just stand on the mound and
let Tony get away with a single ?
Tony would have gotten drilled at his knee or head
and that could have caused a season-ending or career-ending injury.
I asked before, how many times have Tony played against AL pithers ?
Cal has been in the AL, and Tony in the NL.

3) Cal had been playing SS for the most of his career,
SS is a TOUGH position, a hot spot,
it demands such a great deal of intensity from a player both physically and mentally.
it could easily wear you down.
As you can notice, all good batters play either firstbase men or outfielders.
There's not enough catchers or shortstops who could hit well ...
so I will say ARod is better than Jr, Nomar is better than Tony.

4) In baseball, Leftie has such advantage.
Ichiro again, as far as I know, he hit about 40 IN-field hits this year.
40 is a great number, Right-Handed hitter CAN NOT hit such numbers.
If Nomar were a leftie, he would have hit over .400 last year,
and he could average over 200 hits per year !!!
He's the FIRST RIGHT-handed back2back batting champs since Joe DiMaggio.
Rightie always has a disadvantage in batting average.
Remember Cal is Right-Handed, but Tony is Leftie.

5) You guys think he hit over 3000 hits along with over 400 homers
b/c he had enough at bats ? C'mon man, do you believe he played
all those years in his BEST shape ?
NO, with his nagging injuries.
Look at Nomar, he's a bit rusty these days with the injury,
it's really HARD to hit 3000 and 400 with injuries.
Lance's overcoming the cancer is greater than his 3-peat.
Playing with injuries is greater than his 3000 and 400.
Thats why we all call both guys an IRON-man, nobody calls Tony an ironman.

6)Aren't you supposed to give more respect to ONE-handed majorleaguer ?
Why ? b/c it's really difficult to do that.
I'm sure the judge gave more points to Spud Webb in the dunk contest,
b/c he was the smallest man on that court ...
so considering all these, you gotta give Cal MORE respects
and MORE points than Tony.

YOU can't say Tony is a better player than Cal IMHO ...