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Hamilton, Howard should both be coveted

By Eric Karabell

Friday, July 11, 2008

Way back in the day, before I knew what Sabermetrics was -- or shaving, driving, ESPN and Reaganomics, for that matter -- I thought the baseball statistic RBI was the most important one. I mean, the goal is to accumulate runs, right, and everyone loves the power hitters, so whoever is knocking in those runs must be a pretty darn good player. Michael Jack Schmidt was hitting the home runs for my fave team in the 1970s, but Greg Luzinski seemed to be knocking in more runs. One year he had 71 RBIs ...

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