http://www.yankeeroundtable.com/2010/01/28/its-the-sum-of-the-parts/ "This place is dead anyway." Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:18:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.yankeeroundtable.com/2010/01/28/its-the-sum-of-the-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-41775 russ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:25:11 +0000 http://www.yankeeroundtable.com/?p=6122#comment-41775 Everything said is true. but sometimes numbers do not translate into on the field performance. the question is not will the replacements get the numbers of the departing player, but when will they acquire those numbers? will nick johnson hit papelbon with two outs in the ninth at fenway with 36,000 lunatic red sox fans screaming at him? will randy winn be able to steal a base off k rod after the yanks have dropped the first two games of the series? I guess the budget goes out the window in july when gardener is hitting .240 and winn is stuck in a 2 for 23 slump and Beltran has told the mets he wants to be traded. Everything said is true. but sometimes numbers do not translate into on the field performance. the question is not will the replacements get the numbers of the departing player, but when will they acquire those numbers? will nick johnson hit papelbon with two outs in the ninth at fenway with 36,000 lunatic red sox fans screaming at him? will randy winn be able to steal a base off k rod after the yanks have dropped the first two games of the series? I guess the budget goes out the window in july when gardener is hitting .240 and winn is stuck in a 2 for 23 slump and Beltran has told the mets he wants to be traded.

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