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Some of this stuff is amazing... and depressing

A couple of interesting tidbits from the Elias Sports Bureau...

David Ortiz hit his 40th home run of the season on Sunday and increased his RBI total to 109. The Red Sox have played 110 games in 2006, and it's the first time in 45 years that an American League player has reached 40 home runs and 100 RBI within his team's first 110 games of the season. In 1961, both Roger Maris (in the Yankees' 106th game) and Mickey Mantle (109th game) did that.

As I said, amazing.

John Maine pitched six shutout innings in the Mets' 8-1 win against the Phillies. Maine has not allowed a run in each of his last three starts. He's the first rookie pitcher to do that -- while throwing at least six innings in each outing -- since the Brewers' Cal Eldred in August 1992. The last National League rookie with three straight scoreless starts of at least six innings was Orel Hershiser, who threw three straight complete-game shutouts for the Dodgers in July 1984. (Hershiser had one relief appearance -- on the Sunday before the All-Star break -- during that streak.)

And depressing.

Oh, and just for kicks...

Derek Jeter entered Sunday's game with a .467 career batting average against Rodrigo Lopez, which was his second-highest average against any pitcher off whom he had at least 25 at-bats (he's 14-for-28, .500 vs. Eric Milton), and true to form Jeter smacked a home run off Lopez in the first inning, igniting the Yankees to a 6-1 win.

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Fucking John Maine, man.
I'm actually really happy for the kid. I just wish we had found a way to hang onto him.

I think Benson has been a good element on the team this year (imagine if we didn't have his 10 victories), but he's no long-term solution. John Maine, on the other hand, finally seems to be fulfilling his promise.

Good for him.

MoraTheSame: One second, I am giving birth to a lamb.

by zknower on Aug 8, 2006 10:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah but at the time
everyone thought 'john maines gone!! So what!' hindsights always 20/20, and I think hes just this months flavor, hell come back to earth, sure maybe he could have a season as a solid 4th-5th starter with an ERA around 4.00 but thats is THE best your going to get from him.

by Larry Bigbie3 on Aug 8, 2006 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hey
that prediction sounds like a Kris Benson type of pitcher. Wow, we gave away a poor mans Kris Benson for Kris Benson........

by O face on Aug 9, 2006 8:01 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Maine
John Maine's upside is Kris Benson.  I'm glad he's doing well but let's wait and see how he responds once the league is familiar with him.  

by birdman on Aug 9, 2006 12:34 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

And ask yourself this...
was John Maine going to show Erik Bedard a changeup grip that worked for him?

Methinks not.

"I'm going down three times, and I'm only comin' up twice..." -Hank Williams Sr. (Was he an O's fan?)

by duck on Aug 9, 2006 8:13 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

very good point.
MoraTheSame: One second, I am giving birth to a lamb.

by zknower on Aug 9, 2006 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

so
I guess Kris Benson is responsible for 16 wins

by exitfare on Aug 9, 2006 10:51 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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