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Re: John Fay Abstains from HOF Voting to Avoid Casting Votes for Bonds and Clemens
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Originally Posted by traderumor
And some logic professor just plucked this statement out for an example of "begging the question." Can I add you know what they say about assuming?
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You can ad whatever you want but it wasn't an example of begging the question. Applying normal aging curves to project performance is an established technique.
Assuming Bonds wouldn't age normally in a scenario where baseball was clean actually requires justification.
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