Sports Illustrated has an excerpt from Bill James’s newest Handbook up today, ranking the twenty-five best young players. As always, James is using an arcane, yet probably solid system, but the most important part is his commentary. Like this on one of my favorites, giganto LHP C. C. Sabathia:
I have to tell you, as a baseball fan, I absolutely adore C. C. Sabathia. I always have. I’ve compared all these players to somebody else. It is sacrilege to compare C. C. Sabathia to any other pitcher. He is totally unique. For
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I agree with every damn word. The fact that Sabathia didn’t turn in the lights-out game he was capable of against the fearsome Boston lineup was one of the big disappointments of this postseason. May he get a chance to do it next October.
In much the same vein as I hated Jim Thome, I hate CC Sabathia. As a die hard White Sox fan, I can’t wait until CC finds the free agent market and leaves the division. I’ll miss him when he’s gone, much like I missed Thome.
In his time with the Phillies, Thome played in one series against the Sox. He hit 4 home runs and drove in at least 10. It was only then, that I realized exactly how much I missed this sort of abuse, that I could accept liking Jim Thome as a baseball player.
Later in life, after he was acquired in a trade, cheering for Thome made me feel dirty.