Comments on: The best 3-4 combo in the game http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/ A New York Yankees Blog Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-744203 Dave Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:15:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-744203 The loss of A-Rod for a month hurt his numbers, and, as you said, a healthy season from him will put him up there with Pujols as the two best players in baseball (Pujols may have a small edge offensively, but Alex also can steal bases and has a cannon at third base). So, I just have to think, who is better? Holliday, or Teixeira? I'll take Tex. Braun and Fielder I can't argue with as being the top, but I think the Yankees 3-4 tops the Cards. 1. Braun-Fielder 2. Teixeira-Rodriguez 3. Pujols-Holliday Thats the order I'd put it in. I love watching these great power hitters play. It's a lot of fun. The loss of A-Rod for a month hurt his numbers, and, as you said, a healthy season from him will put him up there with Pujols as the two best players in baseball (Pujols may have a small edge offensively, but Alex also can steal bases and has a cannon at third base). So, I just have to think, who is better? Holliday, or Teixeira? I’ll take Tex. Braun and Fielder I can’t argue with as being the top, but I think the Yankees 3-4 tops the Cards.

1. Braun-Fielder
2. Teixeira-Rodriguez
3. Pujols-Holliday

Thats the order I’d put it in. I love watching these great power hitters play. It’s a lot of fun.

]]> By: Quick Bits: Joba or Hughes, 3-4 Combo, Randy Winn, Aroldis Chapman | The iYankees Blog - A New York Yankees Blog http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-744023 Quick Bits: Joba or Hughes, 3-4 Combo, Randy Winn, Aroldis Chapman | The iYankees Blog - A New York Yankees Blog Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:46:42 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-744023 [...] of River Ave Blues has an excellent post out outlining some of the best 3-4 combos in the [...] [...] of River Ave Blues has an excellent post out outlining some of the best 3-4 combos in the [...]

]]> By: Peter http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743938 Peter Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:21:07 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743938 To change the subject briefly, who has the best 1-2 pitching punch? Beckett-Lester, Wainwright-Carps, Lee-Felix, CC-AJ, Lincecum-Cain? Personally, I'm taking the guys from St. Louis To change the subject briefly, who has the best 1-2 pitching punch? Beckett-Lester, Wainwright-Carps, Lee-Felix, CC-AJ, Lincecum-Cain?

Personally, I’m taking the guys from St. Louis

]]> By: Rose http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743910 Rose Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:03:45 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743910 Markakis actually stunk this past year... Let me rephrase that...he stunk badly compared to this fake team you're putting together... Markakis actually stunk this past year…

Let me rephrase that…he stunk badly compared to this fake team you’re putting together…

]]> By: A.D. http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743797 A.D. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:27:48 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743797 Hornsby and Bottomley put up a 989 combo in 1925...not too shabby, but still off from Ruth & Gherig Hornsby and Bottomley put up a 989 combo in 1925…not too shabby, but still off from Ruth & Gherig

]]> By: vin http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743793 vin Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:18:04 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743793 Another interesting fact about Murderer's Row... They had the equivalent of the 2009 versions of: Alex Rios, Clint Barmes, and the Pitcher's Spot in the lineup. Yet they still scored 976 runs in 155 games. They got nothing from SS and 3B (Koenig, and Dugan). Another interesting fact about Murderer’s Row…

They had the equivalent of the 2009 versions of:

Alex Rios, Clint Barmes, and the Pitcher’s Spot in the lineup. Yet they still scored 976 runs in 155 games.

They got nothing from SS and 3B (Koenig, and Dugan).

]]> By: Steve H http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743792 Steve H Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:16:03 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743792 I just hope Aroldis Chapman is the starting pitcher. I just hope Aroldis Chapman is the starting pitcher.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743791 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:14:57 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743791 This has to be satire. This has to be satire.

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743790 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Archimedes Torquemada Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:13:58 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743790 Will do. Am I watching out for their regression to the mean, or am I watching out for their collision into a wall? Will do.

Am I watching out for their regression to the mean, or am I watching out for their collision into a wall?

]]> By: vin http://riveraveblues.com/2010/01/the-best-3-4-combo-in-the-game-22118/#comment-743788 vin Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:13:00 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=22118#comment-743788 A player has topped the 220 OPS+ mark 15 times since 1901. Ruth and Gehrig both did it in '27. That's friggin deadly. No other teammates had done it in the same year. In fact only 6 players total have done it (Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Williams, Bonds, Hornsby). A player has topped the 220 OPS+ mark 15 times since 1901.

Ruth and Gehrig both did it in ’27. That’s friggin deadly.

No other teammates had done it in the same year. In fact only 6 players total have done it (Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Williams, Bonds, Hornsby).

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