When I wished Kevin Youkilis a happy 36th
birthday a few days ago, I admitted that I was never a big fan of his. It’s not
like I disliked him or anything. He just never really did anything for me. I
don’t really know why. I was wondering if he didn’t perform very well when I
was at Fenway. That might have been enough to leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Looks like it’s time to dive into the scorecards again.
Looking them over, it appears that I saw Youk play in 30
games at Fenway. (Again, at least I scored 30 games Youk played in.) How did he
do?
In 103 AB, Youk batted .437 with 7 HR and 30 RBI. Wow.
Doesn’t look like he performed that poorly.
In fact, if you project those totals over a 660 AB season,
he would have hit 45 HR, and driven in 179 runs. Damn. He walked a lot too.
During those 30 games, his OBP was 0.521. Add that to his 0.748 SLG, and he had
an OPS in games I attended of 1.268.
Yeah, those are MVP type numbers.
I saw Youk over a pretty good cross section too. From once
in 2005, to twice in 2012. You’d expect that, after all, for a position player.
I probably saw him most of the time I went to the park.
Clearly, it wasn’t his performance while I was there that
didn’t draw me to Youkilis. I guess it’s still a mystery. After all, with that
performance during games I attended, I should be idolizing the guy. Huh.
How did Youk do in games you attended?
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