I'm not above beating a dead horse. This blurb from Phil Rogers column in the Baltimore Sun just got to me...The Orioles' Nick Markakis remains one of the best hitters no one notices. He entered the weekend with 43 doubles, making him only the third player in history to have four consecutive seasons of at least 43 doubles. The other two were Joe Medwick and Tris Speaker.OK. On the surface that seems kind of impressive, accomplishing something that only two other players have done in the entire history of baseball and keeping some company with Hall of Famers while you're at it.But a closer look shows otherwise. A cumulative comparison of the four consecutive seasons of 43 doubles or more for each player: AVG OBP SLG OPS+ 2B HRMarkakis '07-'10 .297 .370 .462 120 180 71Speaker '20-'23 .377 .467 .578 169 209 39 Medwick '35-'38 .351 .390 .583 158 213 93And their numbers through the end of...
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