So you're saying this is an appropriate time to panic. AHHHHHHHHH! AAAHHHHHHH!
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley <[email protected]>wrote: > I briefly made the mistake of going to the boston.com Sox comments page, > where panic has gripped the Hub over the Teixeira signing. > > Now we, being smarter than average, are above this stuff because we know > that even with this signing the Yankees 2009 lineup could well be less > productive than 2008. > > Jason Giambi and Bobby Abreu were very good hitters for New York in 2008. > Their replacements, Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher, combined are just about > their equals. > > Let's go to the 2008 numbers: > > Giambi: 145 games, 32 hr, 96 rbi, .247 ba, .373 obp, .502 slg, .875 ops, > 128 ops+ > Abreu: 156 games, 20 hr, 100 rbi, .296 ba. .371 obp, .471 slg, .842 ops, > 120 ops+ > > Teixeira: 157 games, 33 hr, 121 rbi, .308 ba. .410 obp, .552 slg, .962 ops, > 151 ops+ > Swisher: 153 games, 24 hr, 68 rbi, .219 ba, .332 obp, .410 slg, .742 ops, > 93 ops+ > > So all the Yanks have done is keep themselves at their 2008 level. And the > Sabathia acquisition cancels out the loss of Mussina. So the sum total of > the improvements in the Bronx is named A.J. Burnett -- the guy who has > "oft-injured" in front of his name. > > A lot of ball to be played before October 2009. > > - Matt > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
