Re: Yet another fun fact
- From: "Fred Burton" <fburton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:07:35 -0400
"Wayback1918" <wayback1918@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
How so? He had more ~15-20 more homers and something like 30 more RBIs
last season. (Come to think of it, about 1/2 to 2/3 of the RBI difference
appears to come right from the HR difference. Hmmmmm.)
Sure, other numbers vary, but for a slugger like Ortiz, I tend to
think that they'll willingly trade *some* average and doubles for
more homers and more RBI.
Still, I won't complain about either season. Both are very productive
in their own way.
.
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