MLB Players who got a bad rap

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

The best athletes and most expensive athletes in baseball play CF, SS, P, or C.

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Except for the ones that play 1B, 3B, and RF.

Choo is about to get a huge contract in free agency. And he will probably move to a corner. And he will be fine. And the other guy's point is a valid one....teams all over the league sacrifice offense for better defense up the middle. If Choo returns to Cincy, and they move him to a corner, their team will be improved because they'll play better defense up the middle but will get their offensive production from other places. Your power hitters (and big contract guys) are generally corner infielders and outfielders. Getting that from CF or SS (or even a catcher) isn't as commonplace.

Let's throw some controversy into this thread. My pick is...John Rocker.

His whole career was basically ruined because of one interview he gave to SI. What I find interesting is that all he really did was talk about the type of people you see on a NYC subway and that that was not for him. What really gave me pause was that the first Saturday after all that broke I was watching SNL and during the news section of the show the "anchor" requoted Rocker's comments. He then added this: "Whether or not you like John Rocker or not, one thing is perfectly clear. He has ridden the #7 train." That drew a huge laugh from the audience. To me, he just said the exact same thing Rocker said but there was no uproar at all. Ok, bash away at me now.

Ty Cobb, one of the greatest ever but people hold it against him just because he was a racist and murderer.

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Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe

Ty Cobb, one of the greatest ever but people hold it against him just because he was a racist and MURDERER.

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Ummm what

I thought he killed a man. I was wrong, his mom killed his dad. I formerly apologize to Ty Cobb for the disparaging remark.

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Originally Posted by messageboardsuperhero

Here's another question regarding Choo: Was his 2013 season as a leadoff hitter as good as Ichiro's best seasons as a leadoff hitter?

I would say yes, and maybe even better. Choo had a higher OBP and more XBH this year than Ichiro ever had in any one season in his prime.

I still can't believe Choo didn't make the AS Game.

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Choo's 2013 was better offensively than any season Ichiro has ever had.

Bad rap or underrated?

He never had a bad rap...but a guy who I always thought was underrated was John Olerud.