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...Soriano, Mondesi, Martinez, Sosa and A-Rod are all on Big Market teams with unlimited resources. Yet the players failed to get it done.
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Sure, their teams may not be playing in the playoffs...as CC said, one man does not make a team. But to say these players failed to get it done, what in h*e*double-hockey-sticks are you talking about? Dominican players were at the top of nearly all individual stats lists!
Face the facts:
American League:
Batting Avg:
(1) Manny Ramirez
Home Runs:
(1) Alex Rodriguez
RBI's:
(1) Alex Rodriguez
Runs:
(1) Alfonso Soriano
(2) Alex Rodriguez
Hits:
(1) Alfonso Soriano
(3) Miguel Tejada
Stolen Bases:
(1) Alfonso Soriano
ERA:
(1) Pedro Martinez
Strikeouts:
(1) Pedro Martinez
National League:
Home Runs:
(1) Sammy Sosa
RBI's:
(2) Albert Pujols
Runs:
(1) Sammy Sosa
(2) Albert Pujols
Hits:
(1) Vladimir Guerrero
Stolen Bases:
(1) Luis Castillo
In addition to Golo's list, Manny Aybar and Felix Rodriguez are also Dominicans who are still in the running. You can take the
best player in the world, but throw him on a team with a bad pitching staff, and that player still has zero chance of making the finals.
PS
Johnny Honda, your comments are bang-on, except that Jose Vidro is not Dominican. He is from Puerto Rico.