'82 Brewers infield among baseball's great quartets

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 '82 Brewers infield among baseball's great quartets
Posted: May 6, 2008 Anyone can tell you the 1982 Milwaukee Brewers infield was really good. Baseball analyst Bill James can tell you the '82 Brewers infield is tied with the 1975 Cincinnati Reds as the sixth-best infield in almost the entire history of baseball. He also can tell you those two infields are the best in baseball since 1934 to at least 2000. James recently published his summary of ... [link]

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In the News (5/6)
Published 5/7/2008 by Jared at Right Field Bleachers
... - Bill James says the '82 Brewers' infield was the best in baseball since 1934. The Reds' infield of 1975 tied the '82 Brewers' infield of Cooper, Molitor, Gantner and Yount. ...

Wednesday's Frosty Mug
Published 5/7/2008 by KLSnow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
... We're several weeks removed from the Masters now, but this really is a tradition unlike any other: When the Brewers are bad, start talking about 1982 again. ...

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