[gotribe]

Yep. The baseball cultural elite don't want to acknowledge that a prima donna playing for a west coast team was the best in baseball in the 1990s and is still among the best. Or course, none of those people would have anything to do with the Babe if he were alive today, he being a little to "crass" for their refined personalities.

[Alberta's Child]

That may be a small factor, but I believe the real problem here is that baseball -- more than any other sport -- is a game defined by statistics and statistical comparisons.

Based on this article, I think it's pretty safe to say that Krauthammer is not a serious baseball fan.