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Lovely Lyle

Found June 22, 2009 on Sports And The City:
PLAYERS: Lyle Overbay,  Marco Scutaro,  Aaron Hill,  Alex Rios,  Vernon Wells,  Adam Lind,  Russ Adams
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays,  San Diego Padres

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It's official: Lyle Overbay is back. And I'm as giddy as a school girl about it. A .540 slugging percentage, and .939 OPS; both tops on the Blue Jays. Even better: a marvelous 146 OPS+.And ... wait for it ... he's only grounded into four double plays. There's more. In 174 at-bats (more than 100 fewer than regulars Marco Scutaro, Aaron Hill, Alex Rios, Vernon Wells and Adam Lind) Overbay has walked 36 times, trailing only Scoots. It's a virtue, all that patience.Speaking of Scoots, he's strolled leisurely to first 48 times in 71 games (and once to second). I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Marco will shatter his career high of 56 walks, set last year, in 146 games. What a ******* Scutaro. Love this guy. But back to Lyle. He's having the type of June I wanted Vernon Wells to have: .300/.455/.620; a 1.075 OPS. Four home runs, four doubles, and 18 RsBI in 18 games. And yet 93% of his at-bats this season have come from the seventh spot in the ...
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