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<DIV>Hi DN,</DIV>
<DIV>Great post. I would not be one eager to debate you. I do enjoy, however, that you manager to stir things up on occassion. Your retort in this case while entertaining is not really relevent, though, since you are comparing very different forms of excellence. Mantle's performance was measured in statistics - empiracle data. EC's performance has not yet to this date been measured in this way. Ohhhhh, now there's a thought...</DIV>
<DIV>HNY,</DIV>
<DIV>Mel</DIV>
<DIV>>> What they really mean is "he could do more of what I like." <<<BR>>><BR>>Okay, in 1956, Mickey Mantle batted .353, hit 52 home runs, and had 130 runs-batted-in. <BR>>He won the Triple Crown and led BOTH leagues in these 3 batting categories. He was at the <BR>>prime of his career as a baseball player with the New York Yankees.<BR>><BR>>By 1966, the 33-year old Mantle was pretty much washed up, and his statistics were <BR>>nowhere near what they were in 1956.<BR>><BR>>Question: Regarding 1966, is it:<BR>><BR>> a. He could do better,<BR>><BR>> -- or --<BR>><BR>> b. "He could do more of what I like."<BR>><BR>> DeltaNick<BR></DIV></DIV>