August 30, 2006

FROM THE FILES OF THE UNLIKELY:

RARE COMPANY (CLARK SPENCER, 8/30/06, MiamiHerald.com)

According to Elias Sports Bureau, Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla is just the fourth player in the past 50 years to record at least 20 home runs and 75 RBI in his debut season in the majors. The others: the St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols and Hall of Famers Orlando Cepeda and Frank Robinson.

Uggla said he doesn't think he's suddenly destined for the Hall of Fame, especially since he already is 26.

''Pujols was 21 when he did it, so I'm five years older,'' he said. ``But, to be next to those guys in that category means a lot to me.''

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 30, 2006 11:39 AM
Comments

Joe Girardi is probably going to get fired at the end of the season because Luria is an idiot. If so, that would be amazing.

Posted by: pchuck at August 30, 2006 12:04 PM

You can always find some ridiculously obscure baseball statistic to lump anyone together. Seriously, when's the last time someone said, "Wow, he's a 20/75 guy! That's amazing!" It's like when some nimrod says, "Well, Joe Schlabotnik should be in the Hall of Fame because only three other players have 2640 hits, 210 home runs, 125 stolen bases, and a .265 batting average, and they're all in." The fact that none of those is a benchmark stat (eg, 3000 hits, 500 HRs, 300 wins) doesn't matter. It's one of the many annoyances about the game.

Posted by: AC at August 30, 2006 2:33 PM

This is one of those unfortunate guy whos "career year" is his first.

Posted by: curt at August 31, 2006 10:06 AM

This is one of those unfortunate guys whos "career year" is his first.

Posted by: curt at August 31, 2006 10:07 AM
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