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Huh. That's a pretty specific price

Also remember that it was a walk-off no-hitter that ended on a wild pitch. The winning pitcher, Henderson Alvarez, pitched a CG and was standing in the on-deck circle when the final out was recorded.

Ortiz has the 4th highest career (min: 36 plate appearances or 14 BB + H) OPS in World Series history, at 1.372 (in 3 WS). The guys ahead of him all only played in a single WS. He trails: 3) Amos Otis: 1.495 2) Willie Aikens: 1.638 1) Barry Bonds: 1.994 Jon Lester is at or near the top of all the career (min: 20 IP or 4 decisions) World Series records as well #2 in ERA, 0.43 (the only run he's allowed in 3 starts was the 4th inning solo HR to Holliday in Game 5 this year) #3 in WHIP, 0.762 #7 in H/9, 5.143

This was his breakout year..

That's not that crazy. Nava may have stunk it up in the postseason, but he still had a really good season overall. John McDonald, yes, that John McDonald, is getting himself a nice, shiny ring. So are: Daniel Bard Brock Holt Jonathan Diaz Brandon Snyder Joel Hanrahan Jose De La Torre

Jimmy Key ('92 Blue Jays and '96 Yankees) and Catfish Hunter ('72 A's and '78 Yankees) did it as well

Sorry to hear. I was this close to getting stationed there back in 2009, and I fought tooth and nail to end up anywhere else.

It's barely even relevant as a statistic in basketball, which a sing;e player can dominate and control a game a lot more than in baseball. But even then, the depth of the team is what matters most. i.e., When Allen Iverson used to miss time, the 76ers went from pretty good to absolutely atrocious. However, when Derrick Rose missed last season, the Bulls went from really good to pretty damn good. tl;dr - it's another of those dumb, made up "stats" that a lot of people swear by for some damn reason

Still-at-work mojo in play here

CY Lackey going balls deep today....

This team sure is fun to watch again

Uehara almost gets the 9 pitch, 3 K inning.. Dudes crazy good

JBJ hasn't had enough time to show/prove anything yet. Prior to this year, he had roughly the same amount of MiLB ABs as Griffey Jr had, Jr just did it younger. Give JBJ a break here, he's only had 100 MLB PAs in limited action to start his career. How about we let him play a few months regularly before we start making any comparisons to anybody? And why are you trying to compare him to Griffey? Of course Griffey was better, he was a generational talent, but he's already falling victim to people inflating his stats. Yes, he crushed A pitching in '87 and '88 before getting promoted to AA in late '88. While he wasn't as productive there, he still hit AA pitching to the tune of an .845 OPS in 17 games. He didn't come up to the bigs and mash either. He started somewhat slow, with a .650 OPS over the first few weeks, had a nice summer, and then finished the year with a .600 OPS over the last couple of months.

I hate you. You stole my answer

Stephen "Monkeys in the Jungle" Drew, SS of the future (or at least the next 40-50 games)!