The Pinstriped Morningside Heights

BP 今天登出來他們挑選的 This Year in Quotes，我從裡面挑出三則來：

"Yes, he offended everyone in the Bay Area."
--Giants manager Felipe Alou, when reminded that A.J. Pierzynski is a more offensive catcher than the defensive-minded Mike Matheny (Sacramento Bee)

"The Yankees have that guy [Tony] Womack [a second baseman] playing left field. If I can't play that position at least as well as he can, I'll hang up the spikes right now."
--outfielder and future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, on why he still feels he can play (San Francisco Chronicle)

"He led off for four years in Colorado, so he knows how to do it. I’m just searching for runs."
--Baker, on Neifi Perez hitting leadoff (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)

最後加上最近 Johnny Damon 在簽約記者招待會上面說的話，這不是 BP 那篇文章裡面的：

"I believe it has to be the total number of pitches I see to help get the starting pitchers out of the game sooner than they want to be, the ability to drive in runs, the ability to score runs, get on base. You have to be a dominant player. You can't just run into outs."
--Damon, when asked at his Yankee Stadium news conference on Friday what made him the best leadoff hitter (New York Times)

1. 去年 Jeter 的 #P/PA 比 Damon 高，3.82 vs. 3.72，不過之前兩年 Damon 的確比較好，生涯平均也是 Damon 高一點。
2. Jeter 去年 RBI 較高，放大到整個生涯來看，Jeter 仍然稍優。這是個沒有什麼意義的數字就是了。
3. Jeter 去年 RS 也比較高，不過這數字沒有什麼意義。
4. OBP。

Johnny Damon 是最好的 leadoff hitter，他自己是這麼說的。