New Tigers Willis and Cabrera
With the blockbuster deal that Dombrowski just put together, one thing has become clear. This is (on paper), one of the greatest line-ups in the history of baseball. Cabrera is just one player - a great one, but just one. But he is a final piece that actually upgrades this batting order to what appears to be more of an all star line-up than a regular team. And Dontrelle Willis should help solidify a starting staff that should ease some of the burden on the bullpen.
For comparisons sake, let’s have a looksey:
I’ve dredged through the old archives and have pulled out the most common of the line-ups from the much vaunted ‘27 Yankees. It’s a bit of apples and oranges without the DH. And yes, I understand that baseball is a different game now, but you get the picture…
1927 Yankees (Murderers Row)
- CF Earle Combs .356, 6 HR, 64 RBI
- SS Mark Koenig .285, 3 HR, 62 RBI
- RF Babe Ruth .356, 60 HR, 164 RBI
- 1B Lou Gehrig .373, 47 HR, 175 RBI
- LF Bob Meusel .337, 8 HR, 103 RBI, 47 2B
- 2B Tony Lazzeri .309, 18 HR, 102 RBI
- 3B Joe Dugan .269, 2 HR, 43 RBI
- C Pat Collins .275, 7 HR, 36 RBI
- Pitcher (No DH in 1927)
2008 Detroit Tigers
- CF Curtis Granderson .302, 23 HR, 74 RBI
- 2B Placido Polanco .341, 9 HR, 67 RBI
- RF Magglio Ordonez .363, 28 HR, 139 RBI
- 3B Miguel Cabrera .320, 34 HR, 119 RBI
- DH Gary Sheffield .265, 25 HR, 75 RBI
- 1B Carlos Guillen .296, 21 HR, 102 RBI
- SS Edgar Renteria .332, 12 HR, 57 RBI
- C Ivan Rodriguez .281, 11 HR, 63 RBI
- LF Jacque Jones .285, 5 HR, 66 RBI
That is down right sick, and unfair to the rest of baseball. Get your world series tickets now.
