Thanks, barz. i appreciate the info, and am glad to see you agree about Grich. I have a couple of those "dream team" books, and they both chose Collins as their second baseman.

I have another one (Faber) which concludes that Nap Lajoie is better than Babe Ruth -- just by factoring in the position he played, which requires more defensive finesse. Still, a bit of a stretch!

When is this book of your's going to be available?