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On Saturday, J.P. Arencibia made his major-league debut for the Blue Jays and set to work immediately. He hit a home run in his first at-bat, then doubled, singled, and homered again before finally being retired in the seventh inning. So, as we do whenever a player makes a phenomenal debut, let's check and see whether Arencibia is... The Best Baseball Player Of All Time.
Throughout his one-game career, Arencibia holds an OPS of 3.000, which ties him with Allie Watt, Charley Suche, Red Lutz, Steve Kuczek, and Hal Deviney. He only falls short of Charlie Lindstrom, who registered a triple and a walk in his only career at-bats to chalk up an OPS of 4.000 in 1958.
So, while he falls short of the record, we can at least state with confidence that J.P. Arencibia is the best hitter of the last fifty years. If you're worried that the mainstream lie-beral media will attempt to refute this unassailable claim, head on over to our Blue Jays blog, Bluebird Banter, for further reading.
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