Re: Yet another fun fact

On Sep 30, 1:43 pm, "Fred Burton" <fbur...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Bundo <chrisuncleah...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:1191120980.706121.65200
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I know this is a day late, but it's yet another milestone in this
great season for the BoSox.

Friday, when Big Papi got that first-inning double that allowed Lowell
to drive him in for the first run, he set a record.

That was his 51st double of the season, a new single-season record for
two-baggers by a D.H.

The previous record was 50 set by Seattle's Edgar Martinez in 1995.

Ironically, I think it's because his home run production was down the
first
half of the season when he just wasn't getting a full stride to the ball.
He
was hitting walls instead of going over them.

I think that there's a LOT of truth to that, OV. If Ortiz's knees were
fully
healthy, I suspect that we'd see his HR and 2B numbers reversed, sort of
like last year.

Still, I can live with Papi's numbers for this year. There's not a damn
thing wrong with a .330-ish BA, ~35 HRs, over 50 2B's, and around
115-120 RBI's. That's a fine season.- Hide quoted text -

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It's a better season than last year.

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