Does anyone else find it kind of amazing that Kevin Youkilis is currently leading this offense? Sure, Ortiz was hurt for a month.. .and sure, Manny's stats have been moved the the LA Dodgers team page... and sure Youk is probably just teasing up and his annual second half swoon will probably start any day now... but on August 4th 2008 - Youk is the man!
Pretty impressive, I thought, but try this on for size: Youkilis' BA puts him at 6th in the whole American League... his 20 ding-dongs put him in a tie for 7th... and his 75 RBI are 6th best in the AL.
He won't catch Hamilton (106 RBI), and he's already bested his career mark for homers, but technically he's in the running for the AL Triple Crown.
Who'da thunk it!?
Monday, August 4, 2008
Kevin Youkilis: Triple Crown Threat?
While checking the stats for tonight's match-up, I saw three Youk-heads pop up on the screen...
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Youk hitting in front of Ortiz will help his BA but hurt his RBI's...Yaz doe not have to worry about being the last Sox/MLB player to win.
I actually noticed the same thing today. I think Youk has quitly made this his year. Papi will most likely over take him HRs wise, but if he wards off his second half swoon Youk could very well end the year with the best batting average and most RBIs.
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