Getting a little ridiculous!

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Have you seen Texiera play? You keep calling these guys superior to him in the field and I have no idea how you come to that conclusion. He is a superior defender. Cooper really only had 4 season where he was at the top of the league offensively regardless of era's. Tex iera came into the league as a starter and has hit at the highest levels from the start.

ive seen Texiera play plenty of times but obviously not as many times as you have or as many times as i will see him play this year. Its kind of silly to be going back and forth about defense in regards to first baseman anyway dont you think? Not to say that it isnt important but its more gravy than anything else when a first baseman is actually good with the glove. All of the guys mentioned were good with the glove. Most of the time defense is rep anyway. Hernandez is reputed to be the best ever to play the position but there is really no way to measure it.

Comparing the first six full seasons (that is all texiera has played) Frank Thomas was also better.