We remember him as a “Nasty Boy” with the Reds, you may recall him being Dan Patrick’s tag-team partner on ESPN radio, and others remember him because he famously brawled with manager Lou Pinella in 1992.

Two lines we thought we’d pass along, from a recent chat Dibble had over at the Baseball Think Factory:

Bizzy: a lot of people don’t give Jeter the credit is due in my opinion, and one of the reason is because his ops is so low

RKD49: Bizzy, Jeter has more hits then Babe Ruth and Joe Dimaggio and Mickey Mantle, only Lou Gherig stands in his way as The Yankee with the most hits of all time….As far as Jeters greatness, how about most hits,runs,and total bases in postseason history…OP? OPS was made up by espn, it means nothing to me.

Bizzy: I know it doesn’t, I’m just stating what sabermetricians that I talk to say about Jeter, I believe he’s a great hitter, you have to be when you pass the likes of Joe D, Mantle and Ruth

RKD49: I’m not down of you Bizzy, I love numbers and stats too, but Keith Law saying Jim Rice would be the worst outfielder in The HOF because his OBP on the road is low is a joke, anybody who faced him says he’s a HOFer, Keith Law played how many games in The Big leagues?…Sometimes numbers get in the way of common sense, that’s what I’m talking about….Rice was awesome and who cares what Keith Law thinks anyway, he needs a good beating from Rosie O”donell

Wow, Dibble’s all over the place here, kind of like Rick Ankiel was when he pitched. In typical neanderthal former-athlete fashion, Dibble wants us to disregard what ESPN’s Keith Law thinks because the guy never played the game. Regardless of what you think of Law (he was totally wrong about Gavin Floyd, but that’s neither here nor there), that logic is worse than Dibble’s other premise: the insinuation that pitchers who faced Jim Rice “say he’s a HOFer.” (Worth noting: Dibble never faced Jim Rice.)

So now we’re polling pitchers to find out who is worthy of the HOF? Well then we should just ask Dave Stewart, Roger Clemens, Jimmy Key, Bert Blyleven, Mark Gubicza and Randy Johnson about Don Mattingly and the HOF. He batted over .300 against all of them.

OPS? We’ll leave that one to the pros.

Intern Bill greatly contributed to this post.