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Thread: Votto's 10yr extension finally starts in 2014

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    Re: Votto's 10yr extension finally starts in 2014

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post

    I wouldn't read too much into what Votto did this year. If you gave a 23 year old Johnny Bench a 10 year contract in 1970 after he posted .293/.345/.587 you might feel skittish about the numbers he put up in 1971 .238/.299/.423 with 18 fewer HRs and 87 fewer RBIs. Votto was down in HRs and RBIs but the advanced stats show little if any dropoff.
    Good point and I hope you are right about Votto.
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    Re: Votto's 10yr extension finally starts in 2014

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    Dumb question that I will probably get beat down for but would a black player in the late 50's and early 60's be viewed as a team leader? With the racial tensions at that time I doubt Frank would have been a team leader, among minority players yes but no a team leader.
    I think it's an excellent question. Maybe not if Frank had come along 5 years earlier. But production is the great equalizer and if someone played the way Frank did and put up the numbers he did, I think he would have been a team leader even if the rest of the guys were full fledged members of the KKK. That's not to say he was Mr. Popularity since it's documented that he and Pinson pretty much hung out by themselves until Pete came along and he was invited to hang with them since Pete himself wasn't too popular with the vets at first.
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    Re: Votto's 10yr extension finally starts in 2014

    This is one player I won't complain about having for 10 years.

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    Re: Votto's 10yr extension finally starts in 2014

    Quote Originally Posted by Chip R View Post
    I think it's an excellent question. Maybe not if Frank had come along 5 years earlier. But production is the great equalizer and if someone played the way Frank did and put up the numbers he did, I think he would have been a team leader even if the rest of the guys were full fledged members of the KKK. That's not to say he was Mr. Popularity since it's documented that he and Pinson pretty much hung out by themselves until Pete came along and he was invited to hang with them since Pete himself wasn't too popular with the vets at first.
    Since I raised the leadership issue I should probably add that Frank's leadership skills were more recognized after he went to Baltimore. With the Reds, in ten seasons Frank played on one pennant winner and no World Series winners. In six seasons with the Orioles Frank played on four pennant winners and two World Series winners. Was Robinson a better leader in Baltimore or was he just on better teams there?
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