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[QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4033444, member: 181"]
'Expectation vs. performance' -wise, Whaley has more often than not been the equivalent of Sally's plain tomato sauce pizza ever since his mid-season emergence two years ago as the smartest player on the team, when nobody else was willing or able to claim such status.

He was regarded prior to last season with little expectation that his versatile play could continue. And it's happening again in this and other threads.

NB: the, "Can he really be this good?" resides in me no differently in this very moment, so I cannot make any bold claims in either direction.

But, as discussed elsewhere, I continue to love the plain tomato pie at Sally's every time I eat it, even if I approach ordering it from the menu and taking my first bite with skepticism. Every. Single. Time.

It's enough for me to put on the first Ramones album, or make a batch of finely grated purple cabbage cooked in a sauté of crushed garlic & extra virgin olive oil.
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