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...Blue Jays posted comparable if not better numbers. Delgado hit .302 with 42 homers, 145 RBI, a .426 on-base percentage and .593 slugging percentage. A-Rod hit .298—the first time he dipped below .300 since 1999—with 47 homers, 118 RBI, a .396 OBP and a .600 SLG. The 118 RBI were his lowest total since 1999 as well...
Let’s face it. Statistically, A-Rod blows Ortiz out of the water. A-Rod hit 47 homers. Ortiz hit 31. A-Rod had 124 runs and 118 RBIs. Ortiz had 79 runs and 101 RBIs. A-Rod had a .396 OBP and stole 17 bases to boot. Ortiz had a .369 OBP, and the Cookie Monster stole a whopping zero bases...
Wait—it has to be Manny. He hit 37 homers—six more than Ortiz. He had 104 runs and 117 RBIs, again, both significantly better than Ortiz. His OBP was .427, leagues above his poor-fielding Red Sox counterpart...
...filled with lefties (Johnny Damon, Ortiz, Todd Walker, Trot Nixon). Nixon will not be 100 percent throughout the series, regardless. Jason Varitek has a career average of under .235 against Oakland. Mueller hits much better against righties than lefties. Nomar has been terrible on the road this season (.286 OBP...
Durham has only played in 103 games. Snow platoons with 72-year old Andres Galarraga. Feliz has an incredible .266 on base percentage (that’s insanely low). Grissom’s OBP, in a career year, is .320. Perez’s OBP? .289. And Benito might be older than Galaragga. When your players don’t get on base, it ain’t easy to drive them...