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Kevin Youkilis wins 2008 Hank Aaron Award
via digitalderek.typepad.com 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...
Wakefield = Awesome. Timlin = Didn't Ruin the Awesome.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: I pretty accurately summed up Wake's outing in the title. Sure, the Tigers offense is struggling. But I think any time Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera, Curtis Granderson, and Carlos Guillen are limited to 1 hit in total (Granderson's was, of course, v. Timlin),...
Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks.
Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. Walks. via www.fangraphs.com Walks. Walks... Summary: So, to be fair to Dice-BB, the strike zone last night was...tight. However, the umpire wasn't biased or anything; it was up to Dice-BB and 'Tek to make the adjustments. They didn't....
Another Wasted Start? Kind of.
via www.fangraphs.com Summary: All right. It wasn't really wasted. But when your up-again, down-again young LHSP puts together his best start in the history of ever, it'd be nice for him to get a W to go along with it. Instead, Paps (who started off the 9th as well as ever, then needed a bit of...
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