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At long last, a detailed sabermetric analysis of Waylon Smithers' selections of ringers for the Springfield Power Plant team. It should be noted that the lineup only counts two current Hall-of-Famers (Ozzie Smith and Wade Boggs) and two very likely ones (Roger Clemens and Ken Griffey, Jr.) Given his resources, he should have done better.

Frankly, the C. Montgomery Burns selections were much better, even if they included guys that had been dead for 130 years. It's hard to believe now that the Simpsons used to make really obscure references like the one to Jim Creighton. Somebody on the writing staff must have read the Bill James Historical Abstract.