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4/13 --356 feet right down the line around the pole is not out of Fenway? 4/29--379 right down the line in the upper deck around the pole is not out of Fenway? 4/29 --382 to RF is not out of Fenway? I think that leaves three. I gave you the stats and the video, but you refuse to acknowledge the truth from either, so your credibility just went down a notch in my book. I've always enjoyed our disagreements, but be man enough to acknowledge when you are wrong. I am giving myself a pat on the back, because my estimate of 3 or 4 was dead on and it was based solely on my observation and my memory (which is spotty at times). I didn't find the site with the stats or the diagrams until last night.

Just for you the smug Mr. Blows, I have included a link that will help you to research Damon's 2006 HRs. You can see the distances, diagrams and video of each HR. Knock yourself out and see if you can find more than 3 or 4 Yankee Stadium HRs that would not have gone out of Fenway. Have a pleasant evening. http://hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2006_805&type=hitter

You don't have to be fast to score on a Home Run.

I guess it went right over your tiny head that I was using that as an example of evaluations that don't take a lot of time to make. Some of my favorite players have been slow, so I can assure you that i have no vendetta against slow players.

Huh? Youkilis is fast?

Our opinions here have no effect on the team's performance one way or the other, so I don't know what point you are making. I don't agree with this. It doesn't take more than a few games of watching WMP in RF or LF to know that he is a defensive liability. It doesn't take a lot of games to realize that Youkilis is slow and that he clogs the base paths. You don't need to see Lowell or Gonzo alot to know that they are really good fielders. ORS, is the uptick in Lowell's errors proof that he is not a good fielder, or maybe it is indicative that his fielding is in a decline due to age?

I invite you to pull video of Damons 13 Yankee stadium HRS last year and find me more than 3 or 4 that would not have been out of Fenway. If you can't find me more than 4, then stop being a smug *******. I think upper deck Yankee stadium RF HRs just might go out of Fenway... do you think?

I have to say that I really get a big kick out of arguing with Red Sox fans that a Yankee player is better than a Red Sox player. It's quite funny that you guys treat me as if I am biased in favor of the Yankee players. That notion is so ludicrous that it really makes me laugh. I have despised everything with pinstripes for longer than most of you have been alive. I hate it if a Yankee player is better than his Red Sox counterpart. I live for the day when Mo Rivera becomes Heathcliff Slocumb. Maybe, just maybe you guys are letting your fandom bias your opinions? When I was an adolescent and young adult, I was a fan of the players every bit as much as I was a fan of the team. I'd argue Red Sox players over Yankee players all day long. Now, I am a fan of the uniform and not much for the individual players. I guess that's why I am more critical than some of you. Also, living in NY and watching just about every Yankee game gives me a fairly good basis for my opinions. The game is played by individuals not statiscs. Gary Sheffield has just about as many steals as Coco Crisp, but my eyes tell me that Crisp is faster, regardless of the statistics.

Yeah, that's the one. My eyes don't lie to me, and I have watched a lot of both of these guys. Is there a stat that will show if Crisp can throw the ball to 2nd base on the fly? As for stats, there are lies, damn lies and statistics.

How many of Damon's HRs did you see last year? Living in NY, I saw every one of them. The stadium maybe and I stress maybe gave him 3 or 4 HRs. He was blasting shots into the upperdeck and the bleachers. He hit 11 on the road and 13 at home. He also hit 3 against the Sox at Fenway, but only 1 at Yankee stadium. Nice stab at a guess, but you are way wrong on this one.

Damon stayed healthy the entire year and kept the Yankees in the race, plus he hit more HRs than any Red Sox not named Manny or Ortiz. Maybe he could have helped us.

Cabrera is much better. He is every bit as good if not better at chasing down flies, plus he has something called an arm. Crisk can't even accurately hit a cutoff man. At least Damon could do that. Crisp has got the weakest arm of any CF since Mickey Rivers.

Damon hasn't played the field, because the Yankees have the luxury of having Cabrera who is a much better fielder than Crisp.

So, you are concluding that he will suck for the next two years? His injured wheels have no chance of heeling in the offseason? In case you haven't noticed, a healthy Crisp has not been tearing it up this year. In fact, he's been so bad most of the year that he has been batting 7th or lower in the lineup. Like I said. A healthy Damon buries this guy. Coco looked good today with the bat though. Hopefully, it will continue. However, for all the ballyhooing about his improved fielding, he got a horrible jump today on Konerko's pop fly. Absolutely horrible. He leaned back and then froze before he took off. This is the first time that I have seen him live since April. I don't know if his bad jump was picked up on TV.

Crisp is demonstrably better. Is he the leadoff hitter? Is the healthy Crisp demonstrably better than the injured Damon with his lower OBP (a hallmark for a leadoff hitter). As of yesterday, they had the same number of runs scored and HRs. Crisp had one more Stolen Base, but he was caught 4 more times. He's demonstrably better? A healthy Damon runs circles around this guy. An injured Damon is his equal. Theo, thanks for replacing the aging declining player with the younger player that is only as good as the declining player that walked away. Thanks alot. Losing his 2006 productivity is really paying off in the long run.

Are games scored in OPS these days? I think runs still matter. Run production fell when Damon left and it is still down. The FO has not adequately replaced him. Who is our leadoff hitter? I forgot. We don't have one.

Just responding to your crack disparaging the stat that someone else posted on the boards about the .750 winning % when Damon scores a run. The facft is that when he is healthy and playing well, he makes his teams go. He wasn't partly responsible for the record breaking offenses from 2003-05. He had a major role. After '03 we lost Nomar as a productive player and the runs kept coming in '04 and '05. After '05 we lost Millar, Mueller, and Damon. Youkilis matched Millar's 2005 production and Lowell did a good job of replacing Mueller, but the production was markedly off. No one replaced the leadoff catalyst role in '06. Our production continues to be down in '07, because we have still not found a suitable replacement. Maybe Damon is not producing due to injury this year, but he produced big time in 2006. His injury this year doesn't mean that he is through and done. He could rebound. In 2006, he gave the Yankees way more for $13 million than we are getting out of Drew for $14 million. BTW an injured Damon is not being outperformed by very much by a healthy Drew. They are performing fairly comparably except in Stolen Bases where Damon has 16 and Drew has 1.

if he's injured, he should be DL'ed. Other than that, it's an excuse for the ups and downs of the season. I can remember Yaz taping his hand to the bat because his wrist was so sore that he couldn't hold the bat. His manger didn't whine or make excuses for him. They all get knicked up and it does indeed affect their performance, but even with a strained quad, he should have more than 1 HR in 123 ABs.