Re: Sheffield's sore shoulder, Polanco's bad back...

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:05:54 -0400, "Hosmerica"
<BigOneComing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Scott Smith" <scott.smith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:29:43 -0400, "Hosmerica" 
>> <BigOneComing@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>"Scott Smith" <scott.smith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> ...the old age of the Tigers lineup is showing again.
>>>>
>>>> Combine that with the ongoing pitching woes, and the Tigers are
>>>> going to struggle getting to .500 by May, or getting much beyond
>>>> .500 after May.
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>>>The old age of the entire Tigers lineup is showing because ONE guy is
>>>injured?  Huh!  A sample size of ONE?????
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>> One guy?
>>
>> Granderson, Sheffield and Polanco are all currently hurting...and
>> we aren't even a month into the season.
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>> That age of the lineup is definitely showing.
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>Sheffield (39)
>Polanco (32)
>Granderson (27)
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>Sheffield old...Yes.  Granderson old...No.  Polanco old...Not really.  So

>you're making a false statement. 

39 and 32 are fairly old in terms of major league baseball, IMO.

It's not a false statement that the Tigers have an older average age 
for their team than many other MLB teams. Many s****ts analysts and 
writers have already commented on it this season, so it's not like I'm 
the first guy to bring this issue up. See the article in my previous post.



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