• Nice Young Company

    Posted by on September 24th, 2006 · Comments (2)

    Only two Yankees, in the entire history of the New York franchise, have hit .340 or better in a season (where they qualified for the batting title) at the age of 23 or younger:

    Joe DiMaggio in 1937 (.346) and Don Mattingly in 1984 (.343).

    Robinson Cano can become the third one this year. Impressive.

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    Comments on Nice Young Company

    1. brockdc
      September 24th, 2006 | 2:28 pm

      Cano is most frequently compared to Rod Carew, but I see a lot of Donnie Baseball in his hitting style – the coiled stance, hitting to all fields, the line-drive gap power. Or maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part.
    2. Raf
      September 24th, 2006 | 3:42 pm

      Somebody want to tell Sterling that in 1993 the Braves were in the NL West and the Phillies were in the NL East?

      There was no wild card in 1993

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