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Agree or disagree?
 
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Boston and Phillies do.

Victorino/Utley/Howard/Ibanez are scary as hell to face

even Werth/Feliz/Coste or ruiz can do damage
 
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Well, it's not the Yankees lineup, that's for sure.
 
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I concur... 3 yes... 0 no
 
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If i was a pitcher facing this line-up. I'd shit my pants everytime and would hope i don't get the Red Sox in my rotation.
 
Unless i'm Roy Halladay or a NL pitcher.
 
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Boston? are u kidding me....the Phils and its not even close. Who are you pitching around?...1-4 is killing you Ibanez in the middle to clean up and the bottom of the order is hitting well too.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Smoke_O:

Boston? are u kidding me....the Phils and its not even close. Who are you pitching around?...1-4 is killing you Ibanez in the middle to clean up and the bottom of the order is hitting well too.
    Stupid boston homers.  There is no way boston is the best. Phils, rangers and yanks are the top 3. Yanks have a better avg, runs scored, hrs, rbi, slugg %, less strikeouts, more total bases etc.  On top of that, the RAYS  have scored the most runs.
 
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Boston's lineup is far superior to Texas.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

Agree or disagree?

 

If you are asking who has a better HR hitting lineup then No the Boston Red Sox are not the best lineup in the majors. Boston does not have the Power that NYY and the Phillies have. Boston has a good lineup with a bunch of patient hitters.

Top to bottom power hitting lineup goes to the Yanks, then Phills, then I dont know but it would not be the Red Sox. I like the Red Sox lineup but I would not be as scared of facing Youkilis and Bay over  Arod/ Tex or Howard/Utley/Ibanez.

 
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Far superior? With a healthy hamilton? Nelson cruz is a beast
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Papi_4_MVP:

 

If you are asking who has a better HR hitting lineup then No the Boston Red Sox are not the best lineup in the majors. Boston does not have the Power that NYY and the Phillies have. Boston has a good lineup with a bunch of patient hitters.

Top to bottom power hitting lineup goes to the Yanks, then Phills, then I dont know but it would not be the Red Sox. I like the Red Sox lineup but I would not be as scared of facing Youkilis and Bay over  Arod/ Tex or Howard/Utley/Ibanez.

Just overall, not really power but that can be a factor. Boston is top but this boston lineup is not the 04 version or even 07. Its very good but not the best. No way. Best bullpen yeah probably but not the best lineup.  Im taking philly, nyy and tex/tb over the sox
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

Just overall, not really power but that can be a factor. Boston is top but this boston lineup is not the 04 version or even 07. Its very good but not the best. No way. Best bullpen yeah probably but not the best lineup.  Im taking philly, nyy and tex/tb over the sox

 

That is obviously a lot of what is in your input......Philly/Tex/NYY

 

The big differences in those lineups are the homeruns....Boston (.271)/Yanks (.273) have about the same avg but Philly is batting  (.261) and Texas (264)......

Red Sox have more runs than Texas and Philly

Red Sox have more RBI than Texas and Philly

Red Sox have the 2nd best OBP in the majors next to the Mets

But of course the Top 3 in Slugging are the Yanks, Rangers, Phills

 
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Tough question.  It's hard to tell with injuries and slumps, but I feel the Yankees are the most dangerous from top to bottom.  The Mets should also receive some consideration when Reyes and Delgado return, especially the way Beltran and Wright are hitting the ball.  On a side note, I think the Astros are going to be a team to watch offensively.  Berkman has shown sides of breaking out of his slump, and I think their 2-5 hitters (Tejada - Pence - Lee - Berkman) are as solid as any teams. 
 
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Orioles, i pray jpero isnt reading,  could have a dangerous lineup as well. Especially when wieters gets going. He may be doing well i just havnt paid much attention to him
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

Orioles, i pray jpero isnt reading,  could have a dangerous lineup as well. Especially when wieters gets going. He may be doing well i just havnt paid much attention to him

 

He has been terrible....But the Orioles lineup is still not better than the Yanks, Rays and the Bosox and that is just the AL East.

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

    Stupid boston homers.  There is no way boston is the best. Phils, rangers and yanks are the top 3. Yanks have a better avg, runs scored, hrs, rbi, slugg %, less strikeouts, more total bases etc.  On top of that, the RAYS  have scored the most runs.


Take out the tee-ball field they play on and basically they have less strikeouts and a slightly better average.


 
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Take out the tee-ball field they play on and basically they have less strikeouts and a slightly better average.


And whats fenway? The petco park of the al? Fenway is a damn arena ball park and everyone who watches it knows that. You really think the only reason the yanks offense is good is the stadium? Actually i forgot gwarner...you think papelbon has 2 rings. I cant argue with you.
 
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agree! boston has the best lineup in the game!!! 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

And whats fenway? The petco park of the al? Fenway is a damn arena ball park and everyone who watches it knows that. You really think the only reason the yanks offense is good is the stadium? Actually i forgot gwarner...you think papelbon has 2 rings. I cant argue with you.

 

Home run haven
Yankee Stadium has quickly acquired a reputation as a “bandbox” and a “launching pad” due to the high number of home runs hit at the new ballpark. Through its first 23 games, 87 home runs have been hit at the venue, easily besting Enron Field’s previous record set in 2000.[44] Yankee Stadium is also on pace to challenge Coors Field’s 1999 single-season record of 303 home runs allowed, and the hometown Daily News has taken to publishing a daily graphic comparing each stadium’s home run totals through a similar number of games.

The proliferation of home runs has led ESPN’s Peter Gammons to denounce the new facility as “one of the biggest jokes in baseball” and conclude that “[it] was not a very well-planned ballpark."[40] Likewise, Gammons’ ESPN colleague Buster Olney has described the stadium as being “on steroids” and likened it to his childhood Wiffle-ball park. Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews joined in the chorus, labeling the stadium “ridiculous” and decrying its cheapening of the home run. In the same column, Yankee great Reggie Jackson termed the park “too small” to contain Alex Rodriguez and suggested it might enable the third baseman to hit 75 home runs in a season.

 

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/bandbox/

 
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Home run haven
Yankee Stadium has quickly acquired a reputation as a “bandbox” and a “launching pad” due to the high number of home runs hit at the new ballpark. Through its first 23 games, 87 home runs have been hit at the venue, easily besting Enron Field’s previous record set in 2000.[44] Yankee Stadium is also on pace to challenge Coors Field’s 1999 single-season record of 303 home runs allowed, and the hometown Daily News has taken to publishing a daily graphic comparing each stadium’s home run totals through a similar number of games.

The proliferation of home runs has led ESPN’s Peter Gammons to denounce the new facility as “one of the biggest jokes in baseball” and conclude that “[it] was not a very well-planned ballpark."[40] Likewise, Gammons’ ESPN colleague Buster Olney has described the stadium as being “on steroids” and likened it to his childhood Wiffle-ball park. Newsday columnist Wallace Matthews joined in the chorus, labeling the stadium “ridiculous” and decrying its cheapening of the home run. In the same column, Yankee great Reggie Jackson termed the park “too small” to contain Alex Rodriguez and suggested it might enable the third baseman to hit 75 home runs in a season.

 

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/bandbox/

All of NESN.. i mean espn would do whatever to crown the red sox and bash nyy anyways. I watch mlb network.  Fenway may not be the HOMER park but its all about offense there. 
 
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Doesnt matter what they say about it being "small" because its the same distance. Now the height of the fences are shorter and the angle of the wall was built poorly it seems but its not any smaller
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

Doesnt matter what they say about it being "small" because its the same distance. Now the height of the fences are shorter and the angle of the wall was built poorly it seems but its not any smaller

 

https://www.nypost.com/seven/06092009/sports/yankees/report__new_size_of_yankee_stadium_causi_173393.htm

 

Any more excuses ?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Osirus13:

All of NESN.. i mean espn would do whatever to crown the red sox and bash nyy anyways. I watch mlb network.  Fenway may not be the HOMER park but its all about offense there. 


So although 1+1 doesn't equal 3, you're still right because in your opinion it's 3

...i'll admit i fucked up the Papelbon thing as he was in Pawtucket, but you are a joke comparing New Yankee Stadium to anything.

Excuse me, I've got to go pay $2B for a sandbox and think major league pitchers will still want to come without overpaying them an extra digit...

  offense wins championships
 
 
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Bump.....Argue with that Osirus
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