Dustin,
Honestly, my head is not itching at all. The writer attributes value totally based upon statistics and metrics that were unheard of in the 50s and 50s. As the years wore on in Willie's great career, the shadow kept looming larger and larger---no matter what he achieved, the Giants rarely appeared in the World Series. When they finally made it by beating the Dodgers in the 1962 play-off, how did Mr. Mays do in the World Series? As close of a series as it was, the Giants made the Yankees sweat bullets not because of Willie.
The men who won those MVP awards deserved them, and Willie definitely deserved his in 1954. Yeah, Duke should have won it in '55. Here we go again.
I'm just glad I never stood in line to pay to get Say Hey's autograph. Better stop there.
---Brian Powell
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