The Advanced Scout – Arizona Diamondbacks
Brett traverses into the snake pit and wonders why he can't feel his face anymore.
Brett traverses into the snake pit and wonders why he can't feel his face anymore.
The Advanced Scout starts storing nuts for winter and analyzes the New York Yankees
The Advanced Scout violates the first rule of The Advanced Scout and analyzes the New York Yankees
The Advanced Scout tries not to vomit like Mr. Creosote and analyzes the New York Yankees
After stocking up on beer and scotch, The Advanced Scout analyzes the New York Yankees
The Advanced Scout takes his head out of the oven and analyzes the New York Yankees
The Angels do not get on base much, and they haven't hit for all that much power of late. I am a stat-guy. So I believe that an offense needs to do these things to score enough runs. There is only so much that can happen as a result of "hit and runs" and taking the extra base. Now, taking the extra base is great, and often overlooked--as is baserunning in general. But a team must get on base enough, in order to score enough.
The Abreu acquisition was great. For that amount of money, the team put aside their philosophy of having only players who can play defense, and sacrificed "it" for a little offense. There is no risk in signing Abreu, and he should still hit for average, get on base, and flash enough power to make him a quality all-around player.
With each growing day here in the early stages of Off-Season 2007-08, the idea of Mike Lowell taking the extra…
Eric Chavez ended the Boston Red Sox (37-19) night much like Alex Rodriguez did yesterday only Chavez (8) got to…