Laraque is awesome, not a dirty player at all. Just a huge dude.
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Go to the :47 mark.
"You want to? Ok. For real? Good luck dude."
No, the strawman is him saying this town is accusing Ortiz of being "less than s***". No one is arguing, or has mentioned that point.
If he's pointing to something no one has mentioned or argued, it is a strawman.
Or would irrelevant work better?
Another good point, ORS, and if you use Fangraph's $5.5 m estimate per extra win you're looking at a $16.5 million increase on Lowell's salary, bringing it closer to $30 mil.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/free-agent-values-mark-teixeira/