"In its All-Star pre-game retrospective of the Pirates, Fox noted several legendary Bucs, especially Roberto Clemente, but somehow overlooked Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, whose eight years with Pittsburgh produced, for our money, the greatest offense ever produced for mostly bad teams.
Please, if you get the chance, peruse Kiner's numbers. For example, in 1949, as the pitch-around-him batter on a 71-83 team, Kiner led the NL with 117 walks. He also led the NL with 127 RBIs and the majors with 54 homers, while striking out only 61 times."
Um, Phil? Kiner is white, dude. Caucasians are to be used ONLY when speaking of who gets boo'd the most. K? In today's bandboxes Ralph would hit 80 homers a year because he was a baseball player, not an athelete, and there's a ton of difference between the two. In his prime, Ralph had the best vision, hand/eye coordination, and power combination of any of his peers, and ranks somewhere in the top 5 for all time.
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