June 02, 2002
Bonds and Sosa:
Do you think these two players are totally frustrated? Bonds has 18 HR and 33 RBI. That means he has driven himself in more (18) than he's driven in other runners(15). Same with Sosa; 19 HR, and 35 RBI (16 not himself). Bonds has only had 96 runners on in front of him (Giambi leads with 183), and he's been intentionally walked 20 times. Sosa has had a few more opportunities, with 126 runners on base and only 8 IBB. But unlike last year, Sosa is not hitting with runners in scoring position, putting up only a .216 BA, while Bonds has made the most of his opportunites with a .316 BA in those situations. Still, neither player has anyone really setting the table, and both have no support batting behind. They are each having MVP seasons again, but their poor teams may cost them each a shot at the title.
Posted by David Pinto at
04:12 PM
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