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Victory in 2008 in Our Lifetime, Maybe
2008-01-03 11:58
by Philip Michaels

Ken Arneson's Victory 2008 campaign suffered a serious setback when the A's traded Nick Swisher to the White Sox for a sack of magic beans*. More details to follow as soon as I finish shouting myself hoarse with curses directed toward the A's front office.

* The sack of magic beans in this case includes Ryan Sweeney, Gio Gonzalez and Fautino De Los Santos. Or as I've taken to calling them -- who?, him?, and guh.

Updated to Add: Phil's Three Favorite Members of the Oakland Athletics, 2007 edition:

  1. Dan Haren
  2. Nick Swisher
  3. Marco Scutaro

At this rate, I am finding it difficult to keep the fire of my enthusiasm for the local nine properly stoked.

Comments
2008-01-03 12:21:22
1.   Ken Arneson
My campaign has not suffered one bit. The plan is still the same, and the odds of success are just as likely as ever.
2008-01-03 14:28:54
2.   scareduck
Macro Scutaro? Probably so named because he was an avid assembly-language programmer before he got interested in baseball. Or something.
2008-01-03 14:57:59
3.   Philip Michaels
2 That would be a typo. Forgive me my rage.
2008-01-03 15:00:44
4.   Johan
Simmer down, fella. New favorites will replace the old ones.
2008-01-03 16:24:38
5.   Xeifrank
Nice jump for Swisher in the SLG% department with the move to CWS. Converting his A's 2008 ZIPS projections to CWS, I came up with.

Singles drop from 77 to 74
Doubles drop from 31 to 29
Triples stay at 1
HRs jump from 27 to 33
Walks jump from 88 to 92

Average rises 1 point.
OBP rises 5 points
SLG rises 32 points.

vr, Xei

2008-01-04 11:17:45
6.   Philip Michaels
4 Considering that my list would have included Barry Zito, Frank Thomas, and Milton Bradley in 2006, I'd say that's about right in regards to new favorites replacing the old ones. Just about every year, it seems.

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