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Silver Slugger twice (1999, 2000) and is a seven-time All Star. Jones is a career .304 hitter and a .402 on base percentage . Longest tenured MLB player, all-time: Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski Both Robinson and Yastrzemski
The Tigers get much better by signing Prince Fielder to a HUGE 9-year contract, meanwhile in Boston they're dumping guys like Marco Scutaro to save a few bucks. The rest of the league isn't correcting for the market like the Sox are, so what does that mean for the 2012 team?
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finished with a career-best on - base percentage (.410) despite walking 19 ..... and Alex Rios -- had a lower on - base percentage than Crawford. In a nutshell ..... prevalent, as his improved .327 on - base percentage might suggest. Defensively
It's just more hits, less walks." He's right. Gonzalez has 25 fewer walks this season than last, but his on - base percentage is at .409 compared to .393 last season. And it is precisely due the reason he identified. According to BaseballAnalytics
currently leads all leadoff hitters with a .380 on base percentage in the top spot. It has to stay that way. DUSTIN ..... road trip, hitting .464 with an 1.214 OPS and on - base percentage of .500. He also went 6-for-12 with runners
the Diamondbacks everyday first baseman from 2006-08. During that stretch he hit .292 with 42 home runs, an on - base percentage of .371 and an OPS of .822. If not, well, there is the scenario that got the Red Sox to this point. Here is
718. Home runs? Yankees first, Red Sox second. On - base percentage ? Red Sox first, Yankees second (.349-.348 ..... 251, 31 points below his career total, and his on - base percentage is .346, lowest since his rookie season and 28
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stint with the Red Sox at the end of the 2006 season. In 1,226 career games, he’s hit .239 with a .352 on - base percentage and .486 slugging mark. He has 258 home runs and 730 RBIs. His best season came in 2007 with the Rays, when
Pena in an attempt to find someone to fill their void at designated hitter. Damon, 38, hit .261 with a .326 on - base percentage and .418 slugging mark in 150 games for the Rays last season. Pena, 33, hit .225/.357/.462 in 153 games
who is expected to start the season in Pawtucket. Last season Varitek batted .221 in 68 games and posted a .300 on - base percentage . The former Red Sox captain has spent his entire major league career in Boston since being traded by the Seattle
Crawford hit a career-low .255 in 2011 and struggled in September as he had all season, hitting .264 with a .295 on - base percentage . He recorded 24 hits in the month and nearly matched that with 21 strikeouts. But the worst of Crawford in September
Youkilis, who had his worst offensive season in 2011, a batting average 41 points below his career number and an on - base percentage 18 points lower than his .391 career mark. Throw in that he played 120 games last season -and 102 the year before
The NFL Sunday gang wraps up the season predicting the score of Super Bowl 46...and they don't think it's going to be as close as most people do. Go Pats!
NFL Sunday rolls on with Dale, Fauria and Price talking about the emotional roller coaster the Pats and more specifically team owner Robert Kraft have been on this season. With the passing of his wife Myra, this goal to become champs has taken on a whole new meaning.
The NFL Sunday crew talks about the cocky and brash chatter coming from some of the Giants the last couple weeks. Dale is surprised that Tom Coughlin allowed most of it to go down and says Belichick would never let that fly. The guys also touch on the little mistake the Giants team website made yesterday in putting up the "Giants are Super Bowl Champions" homepage yesterday - that's a no-no!
JaJuan Johnson spoke with Grande & Max after the Celtics beat the Bulls today at the Garden.
Sean Grande & Cedric Maxwell sat down with ESPN's Doris Burke during halftime of Celtics/Bulls
Doc Rivers & Sean Grande preview Celtics-Bulls today at the Garden. Tune in to Celtics Today at 3:00p to hear the full interview
Dustin tells us you can't hustle a hustler, and other funny anecdotes.
The Sox GM joined Glenn and Michael to talk Scutaro, Punto, Oswalt, Luxury Tax and all things off-season.
Dustin Pedroia joined the Big Show for his weekly segment, and talked about losing Scutaro, gaining Cody Ross and Nick Punto, and then got a surprise from his best friend.
Brad Marchand joins the show and talks about if Tim Thomas is a distraction to the team and why the Bruins have been struggling as of late.
Andrew joins D&C to discuss how he feels about Tim Thomas' political views and how Patrice Bergeron has been the MVP for the team so far this season. Andrew also talks about how they have to regroup and make adjustments to get out this funk the team is currently in.
Brad Marchand joins the show to talk about President Obama calling him out on stage and Tim Thomas skipping the White House visit.
WEEI's own Rob Bradford joins the guys to talk about Ortiz's arbitration hearing live from St. Petersburg and predicts what he thinks will happen.
Mike Adams fills in for Meter and covers Sunday's sports stories. One Celtics' player had a fantastic afternoon and so did Phil Mickelson.
Jerry Sandusky addressed the media on Friday and offered comments on his current situation. Dino and Gerry react to those statements and do not think he should be allowed extra priveleges.
Mut and Merloni listen in to some of the highlights from the Randy Moss U Stream experience where he said he was coming back to the NFL, talked about Myra Kraft, and Tom Brady's legacy.
Mut and Lou talk about the agreement between the Red Sox and David Ortiz for 1 year and $14.5 million.
We play the soundbite from the NFL Network from Super Bowl 46 where Bill Belichick is telling his defense 'this is still a Cruz and Nicks game'. The Patriots of course were then burned by Mario Manningham on the Giants game-winning drive. We discuss whether it was the right decision or not.
Glenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
We talk about Tim Thomas refusing to speak to reporters about his political ramblings on Facebook, and about whether or not this is a media driven controversy, or a genuine distraction for Thomas' Bruins teammates.
The discussion of the Patriots loss in the Super Bowl and just like any other loss, the coaching is called into question and whether a defensive coordinator on staff would have helped Bill Belichick and the Patriots.
Mikey has made no bones about his feelings on Pau Gasol, what will he do if the Celtics trade Rondo for Gasol? Also our buddy LB calls in to talk about the Patriots Super Bowl loss.
Mikey talks to some Patriots fans who are still looking at the loss and breaking down what went wrong but are also looking to the future for the franchise.
Losing the Super Bowl? Terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
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Live from Hurricane's... not Cocaine's which is where Oil Can Boyd wanted to be broadcasting from. Plus the Cranky Yankee Bitch reaches her tipping point.
Our friend from Pittsburgh, Mark Madden, joins D&C to give his take on the Joe Paterno/Penn State scandal and says Jerry Sandusky may have been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors.'
More from this showGlenn and Michael debate what, if anything, Shaq is bringing to the table for TNT's NBA pre and postgame coverage.
More from this showD&C receive a second call from Joe in Nashville voicing his frustration over the Pats not bringing back Randy Moss during last offseason.
More from this showMatt Perrault asks our listeners if they believe Bruin goalie Tim Thomas should take down his Facebook page. The media hasn't let down and Matt looks to dig deep into the situation. What do you think the Bruins should do?
More from this showDustin joined Glenn and Michael on the Big Show, and they asked him if they could take a call. Dustin agreed, and the caller then went on to rip the crap out of him. What Dustin didn't know is that the caller was one of his best friends... Andre Ethier from the Dodgers.
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