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Pens and 66 until 1989 (or whenever they first made the playoffs with him).I'm trying to think what the Trout comparison would be to any other player in sports. An alltime great player on a team that refuses to make the playoffs
nothing comes to mind. I think all the players as good as Trout is in baseball have had at least some amount of postseason success
he joined the Pens when he was 19 and you're right that it wasn't until '89 that he first made the playoffs but he was still only 23 then. Trout is 29 now, his baseball career being about half over and he has 3 postseason games, all losses, that were 7 years agoPens and 66 until 1989 (or whenever they first made the playoffs with him).I'm trying to think what the Trout comparison would be to any other player in sports. An alltime great player on a team that refuses to make the playoffs
nothing comes to mind. I think all the players as good as Trout is in baseball have had at least some amount of postseason success
No it won't. Baseball isn't like that at allI know it'll upset the mikeys of the world but unless he has a late career push for championships, his career will be marred significantly but a lack of any postseason success (hell, a lack of regular season success). He'll be a HoFer, obviously, but he won't be talked about in the Ruth, Mays, Mantle, Clemente, etc. conversation.
Yeah probably like:Of the 4 major sports, I'd imagine baseball would be at the top of individual excellence doesn't translate to team excellence rating. Basketball, obviously, being the bottom.
Trouts story is already "one of the best of all time" and he's only 29 I think. It's a shame he isn't on a better team for his and baseballs sake, but I don't think anyone associates the Angels being bad with his "lore."I’m not saying he has to win a championship. He can’t even make the playoffs. He is irrelevant to the game of baseball outside of statistics
Half of the lore behind baseball is the story behind the player. Trout has no story other than “really good player on a really bad team”
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