Comments on: You’re leaving that guy on the bench? http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/10/27/youre-leaving-that-guy-on-the-bench/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:43:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: kinshane http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/10/27/youre-leaving-that-guy-on-the-bench/#comment-259616 kinshane Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:14:40 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/10/27/youre-leaving-that-guy-on-the-bench/#comment-259616 "Great Goateed Jew" is much better than "Greek god of walks". It is more accurate and maintains some nice alliteration. Intriguing idea, Youk at SS, but I think it is a bit crazy to put him in such an unfamiliar position in an unfamiliar ballpark in the World Series. “Great Goateed Jew” is much better than “Greek god of walks”. It is more accurate and maintains some nice alliteration. Intriguing idea, Youk at SS, but I think it is a bit crazy to put him in such an unfamiliar position in an unfamiliar ballpark in the World Series.

]]> By: iayork http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/10/27/youre-leaving-that-guy-on-the-bench/#comment-259614 iayork Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:11:23 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/10/27/youre-leaving-that-guy-on-the-bench/#comment-259614 Offensively, Youks over Lugo accounts for something like an extra 1/4 of a run per game. I love Youks' defense at first. At short? Lugo gets at <i>at least</i> one extra ball per game than Youkilis, and each extra baserunner is something like 0.8 runs. There's no way Youks at short is an overall upgrade. What's more -- We're taking a big defensive hit at first already, and Manny is in a cavernous left field -- why on Earth would you reduce our defense still more? The reason there's not more discussion of the notion is that it's a pretty dumb idea, not that people are rigid adherents of mainstream. Offensively, Youks over Lugo accounts for something like an extra 1/4 of a run per game.

I love Youks’ defense at first. At short? Lugo gets at at least one extra ball per game than Youkilis, and each extra baserunner is something like 0.8 runs. There’s no way Youks at short is an overall upgrade.

What’s more — We’re taking a big defensive hit at first already, and Manny is in a cavernous left field — why on Earth would you reduce our defense still more?

The reason there’s not more discussion of the notion is that it’s a pretty dumb idea, not that people are rigid adherents of mainstream.

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