The Koufax argument is:
You must ignore context of era.
You must ignore home/road and context of ballpark.
You must ignore longevity.
You must ignore half of a players career if it doesn’t support your argument.
Fantasies of things you think could happen but did not are better evidence than things that actually did, and verifiably did, happen.
You must ignore new stats since none of them help Koufax’s case.
You must ignore the old stats that also do not help Koufax’s case.
If you don’t follow these principles, you are a fool and need to “be careful”. The passion for ones favorite ball players is admirable, but the logic of this argument has run off any rails in the ballpark of reason.
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