PLAYERS:
Mike Lowell,
Chone Figgins,
Jeff Mathis,
Mike Napoli,
Victor Martinez,
Jason Varitek,
Brad Ausmus,
Kendry Morales,
Kevin Youkilis,
Howie Kendrick,
Dustin Pedroia,
Maicer Izturis,
David Eckstein,
Juan Rivera,
Jason Bay,
Torii Hunter,
Jacoby Ellsbury,
Bobby Abreu,
Vladimir Guerrero,
David Ortiz,
Scott Kazmir,
Joe Saunders,
Clay Buchholz,
Darren Oliver,
Billy Wagner,
Nick Adenhart
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Mets
By Zach Stoloff - AngelsWin.com ColumnistUnfortunately for me, this is a family-oriented site which won’t allow me to throw out profanities.But rest assured that if I were able to freely use such derogatory phrases, I’d be heaving more than a few expletives at ESPN’s Pedro Gomez for the absolutely baffling preview he wrote of the impending Angels / Red Sox series.Mike Lowell over Chone Figgins?With all due respect to someone who has accomplished far more in their career as a sportswriter than I likely ever will; are you bleeping kidding me?Chone Figgins will never be the prototypical third baseman. However, he is (arguably) the best leadoff hitter in baseball, while slugger Lowell barely managed an .800 OPS in the games he was actually able to play—and that’s to note nothing of the fact that all those injuries which have limited his playing time have severely limited his (formerly) great range at the hot corner.Figgins, meanwhile, was only second in the league in runs scored, reache...
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