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We're a father and son who love to talk and argue about baseball! Baseball is the professional sport that has the longest history so there is a lot to talk about! We launched Almost Cooperstown noting that baseball contains a long history of players that, for whatever reasons, have been shunned by the electors of the Hall of Fame. Consequently here are many 'Almost' players still waiting their turn for induction. With less than 1.4% of the now more than 23,000 players in the HOF, we feel there should be more players included. In these podcasts we also discuss current seasons & trends. Please send any messages to almostcooperstown@gmail.com. Baseball articles can be found here: https://almostcooperstown.substack.com/publish/posts
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Aug. 11, 2022

Scoring runs is cool - more for teams than players - Ep. 320

Scoring runs is cool - more for teams than players - Ep. 320
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When a player scores 100 runs in a single season it's considered to be a significant achievement. Yet isn't scoring runs as derivative as stat as are RBI's? Because, it depends - on the other players in the lineup. Fantasy baseball team owners often have to try to pick the players who will score the most runs as one of the categories. Should it be a leadoff speedy guy? Or a home run hitters - at least he guarantees that he scores!

We talk about the importance of team runs versus individual exploits. Rickey Henderson a leadoff hitter was both a speedy guy AND a home run hitter (most leadoff homers in history and 297 for his illustrious career). It makes sense that he is the all-time leader in runs scored. But season by season it's surprising to find some players highly ranked in runs scored yet not so high in many other important categories. Why? Because when they do get on base, they're driven home by the batters that follow!

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