I know that Nick Swisher might score 100 runs and drive in 100 runs this season, but the gas prices in the northeast United States have fallen sharply over the past few weeks.
I know that Barry Bonds leads the NL in walks, but Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
Mike Lupica presents another baseball non sequitur:
"I know that we're already doing sketches for Bobby Abreu's plaque in Monument Park, but it's not like the Phillies exactly fell apart when he left town, right?"
Right.
Are you making a point, Monsieur Lupica?
Are you suggesting that Bob Abreu isn't a good baseball player because the Phillies are playing well in his absence? Are you arguing with a non-existent opponent that Bob Abreu is so good that no team is supposed to able to win without him? That he's supposed to be irreplaceable?
Are you so unwilling to praise any Yankee player or Yankee GM that you have to stoop to indirectly assailing them because the Phillies have played well in August and September?
Since joining the Yankees, Abreu is hitting .330/.428/.486, 30 runs, 34 rbis in 50 games. Nice.
In August, the Phillies' record was 18-11. In September, the Phillies' record ahs been 14-6. All this without Bob Abreu? How is this possible?
Maybe it has something to do with Ryan Howard, among others. In August, Howard hit .348/.464/.750, 14 hrs, 25 runs, 41 rbis. In September, Howard has hit .418/.588/.910, 9 hrs, 19 runs, 15 rbis.
Ryan Howard's surge to NL MVP is not a poor reflection on Bob Abreu or Brian Cashman.
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