This Man is not a Metaphor

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Braves Journal: Thomason: Stupid Slate
Published 7/23/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... : Sharp pointed rocks that stick Thomason and Calcaterra right in the memory banks. This article bugs me. This claim of “abuse” — comparing Aaron favorably to Bonds — is one thing, but the author falls into the trap that really angers me, the framing of Aaron’s career as somehow the triumph of a slow-and-steady “good player”, the refusal to see Aaron’s greatness. Hank Aaron’s career is, of course, marked by consistency and length. It’s also marked by greatness, by him being a great player from his second season, 1955, to his twentieth, 1973, when at age 39 he hit 40 homers and slugged .643, second in the league. In every one of those seasons, he got at least one MVP vote. In every one, and in the two following, he made the All-Star team — two All-Star teams from 1959-62, when the game was played twice a year.