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From: tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: Jack Morris
Message-ID: <1993Apr20.163754.24777@cs.cornell.edu>
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:37:54 GMT
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In article <1993Apr20.160532.20860@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes:
>>(BTW, by my definitions,
>>the "best" player is the one who does the most things to help his team
>>win. I will allow that this could vary depending on who else is on the
>>team, by having aptitudes one team needs more than others.)
>
>Well then given your definition of "best" is it not conceivable that
>Alfredo Griffin could bring something to a team that that team needs
>to win while Larkin might not have that something the team needs?

No.  I do not find this conceivable.  I also cannot conceive of the
possibility that there is any hypothetical team which Morris would
help more than Clemens.

>Would Griffin then be better than Larkin?

Given your premise, yes.  But you are alone in your ability to
conceive of that premise.

-Valentine
