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In response to "Mo Vaughn? Albert Belle? nm -- nm" by groiny

vaughn maybe....but that was direct injury (tricep?)...same with Belle's hip degenerating.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Jun 2 '09, 08:54

Unless there's something seriously wrong physically with him other than 260lb guy just slowing down....

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That's what age is though. Sans injury, just age doens't make you fall off a cliff. - musubi Jun 2, 08:57 6
- Belle's not in the same category for me at all. - Will Hunting Jun 2, 08:59 5
  - Of course. But at 25, they have no career baseline of excellent performance. Point being, once that baseline is established, simple age - musubi Jun 2, 09:02 2
    - Body slows down by natural aging process = cheating on fastballs and missing badly on everything else. - Will Hunting Jun 2, 09:06 1
      - Natural aging simply *does not* explain going from an near all-star level to below replacement level. - musubi Jun 2, 09:11
  - I suspect those Trick Or Treaters put a curse on him. -- nm - David Jun 2, 09:00 1
    - Or any of the other random people he was an ass to. - Will Hunting Jun 2, 09:02

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