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05-06-2019, 11:16 AM

(05-06-2019, 11:01 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The Billy Hamilton that is now listed at #3 all time in stolen bases did not exist in the 1970's. I specifically remember Lou Brock breaking TY Cobb's record for career stolen bases.

Yeah if you would have asked me the top three base stealers I would have said Henderson, Brock, Cobb. Don't know when this Hamilton guy showed up. I just assumed I remembered incorrectly.

You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman. You can go to live in Germany or Turkey or Japan, but you cannot become a German, a Turk, or a Japanese. But anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American