And Mookie is a great player. But no one is Rickey. Never forget it. Most impactful BB player Ive ever seen well besides Steroid Bonds and peak McGuire.
Strange comparison, different players. Mookie has as much or more power, otherwise Rickey is better everwhere else offensively. Rickey is a better hitter and the best baserunner of all time. Mookie is way better defensively. GG every year, great arm. Rickey had one of the worst arms in baseball, many 1st to 3rds on gappers. His arm was so bad I think he put the glove on the wrong hand: batted right, threw left.
Almost everything the one excels at the other is somewhere between below average to average. Didn't read the quote but the one way you could make the comparison is entire impact on a game. That is close.
really good rebuttal here. Im picking up what you‘re putting down for sure…except impact to game. I think Rickey is criminally underrated actually and Mookie is actually overrated. Betts is a great RFer. Good arm to second. Great accuracy. And RF is where bad OFers Play So the comp group should be adjusted. Feels like Betts has been sub .300 his entire Dodger career now. yes he’s at .280/.275 so not bad just not amazing. Trea Turner was way more impactful. As is Freddie. Mookie consistently is called one of TOP players in league And that is why I am critical. That being said glad he’s a Dodger actually.
Look at the basis of this convo. Dave Roberts calling him Rickey….thats just crazy talk.
Strange comparison, different players. Mookie has as much or more power, otherwise Rickey is better everwhere else offensively. Rickey is a better hitter and the best baserunner of all time. Mookie is way better defensively. GG every year, great arm. Rickey had one of the worst arms in baseball, many 1st to 3rds on gappers. His arm was so bad I think he put the glove on the wrong hand: batted right, threw left.
Almost everything the one excels at the other is somewhere between below average to average. Didn't read the quote but the one way you could make the comparison is entire impact on a game. That is close.
No. No one is/was the same as Rickey Henderson.....................................