10-06-2006, 03:22 AM
Batting average is a stat for the 80's? Fine. How about batting average with runners in scoring position?
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Jeter is second to Michael Young, and beats the next possible MVP canidates by more than 20 points. And how do you put a number on run production? With the number of runs a player bats in, or the runs a player creates?
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Because Jeter then beats your boy Ortiz by 12.
All the players you mention bat above the 3 hole, which will pad their rbi production. Jeter bats second, and had 97 rbi this year.
Ortiz isn't even the most valuable player on the Sox, because he wouldn't see the pitches he gets without Manny batting behind him.
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Jeter is second to Michael Young, and beats the next possible MVP canidates by more than 20 points. And how do you put a number on run production? With the number of runs a player bats in, or the runs a player creates?
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Because Jeter then beats your boy Ortiz by 12.
All the players you mention bat above the 3 hole, which will pad their rbi production. Jeter bats second, and had 97 rbi this year.
Ortiz isn't even the most valuable player on the Sox, because he wouldn't see the pitches he gets without Manny batting behind him.