The normally sensible Allen Barra bemoans the lack of young superstars in the game compared to 9 years ago. Of course, you don’t have a crop of young talent like that all the time. This isn’t as dumb as Barra’s prior version of this article for Slate, but how you can write about the dearth of young talent in the game and ask “Where Have You Gone, All You Young Joe DiMaggios?” without once mentioning the name Vladimir Guerrero is beyond me. And cut the crap about no potential 300-game winners; between 1912 and 1961 (that’s 50 years, if you’re counting at home), only three pitchers broke in who would win 300 games (Lefty Grove in 1925, Early Wynn in 1939, and Warren Spahn in 1942; the game didn’t debut a 300-game winner for almost 20 years between Spahn and Gaylord Perry in 1962).