Kevin Youkilis wins 2008 Hank Aaron Award

by 0157H7 on Oct 27, 2008 1:42 AM EDT Comment 11 comments

The Hank Aaron award recognizes offensive contribution and is decided by fan vote. See here. Kevin batted .312 / .390 / .569 with 29 homers. He was 6th in league BA and OBP, 3rd in SLG, and 4th in OPS. He was 3rd on the team in Value over Replacement Player with 55.8, behind only Pedroia (62.3) and Jon Lester (58.2), and 2nd in Equivalent Average (.313), behind only J. D. Drew (.314). In the NL, Cubs' third baseman Aramis Ramirez won the award.

Congrats Youk! You deserve it. And I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't add this: How do you like that, Mel?

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Oh yeah

Youk deserved it. Great fucking season.

Mother---- him and John Wayne!

by MerryGoByeBye on Oct 27, 2008 2:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Youk is a Romanian-Jewish God!

by NG on Oct 27, 2008 7:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why not just say baseball?

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 27, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

To piss off Mel Gibson?

by RSNexile on Oct 27, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHA

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 28, 2008 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha

great clip.

by Schulz on Oct 27, 2008 9:02 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Youk

by drabidea on Oct 27, 2008 9:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Good for Youk!

He’s not a guy any pitcher wants to face.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Oct 27, 2008 12:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

YOUUUUUUUKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

Bring back the blog!

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Oct 27, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Does Aramis winning the award in the NL make Youk winning it any less special?

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Oct 27, 2008 7:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

No, it doesn't.

I’m happy to see Youkilis recognized, as he was Boston’s best hitter all year long, and this was his best year (and the first he avoided a 2nd half slump). He wasn’t the best hitter in the league, but he wasn’t a scrub either. Fan votes like these tend to go to the popular players on the most popular teams.

"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.

by 0157H7 on Oct 28, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs