We watch sports, in part, to see athletes pursue greatness. This desire to continually be impressed and awed by ever-increasing feats of ability is perfectly understandable, but it often skews our perspective. It forces us to look at “the next big thing” when the current big thing is still doing great, and it is the source of silly and meaningless arguments about who is best.
Salvador Perez has been at the center of these types of discussions on social media lately, and while these discussions come from a place of passion, they can get (and have gotten) out of hand.