Is One Bigger Than Five?
OK, here's a little quiz. Look at the following table. Which team is the Angels in the entire five-game 2005 ALCS and which is the Yankees in Game 3 of last year's ALCS? No cheating!
Well, that last line kinda gave it away, but I'm sure you'd already figured it out. Unbelievable.
Extra Esoterica
| Team A | Team B | |
| Runs | 19 | 11 |
| Hits | 22 | 27 |
| Players with 3+ hits | 4 | 4 |
| Players with 5+ hits | 1 | 0 |
| Players with 2+ RBIs | 5 | 2 |
| Players scoring 2+ runs | 4 | 2 |
| Walks | 5 | 4 |
| Doubles+Triples | 9 | 6 |
| Home Runs | 4 | 3 |
| Total Bases | 44 | 41 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 2 |
| AB | 47 | 154 |
Extra Esoterica
- During the season, the Angels averaged a paltry 2.8 walks a game, good for 24th in the majors. But over both of their playoff series, the entire team averaged…I still don’t believe this…0.9 walks per game (nine walks in 10 games).
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Hideki Matsui’s five Game 3 hits in 2004 is more than any Angel over the entirety of this year's series!
- Late Breaking News: The Yankees achieved a rare (I think) esoteric feat in that game: six consecutive batters in their order drove in a different number of runs.
If you're a fan, you'll remember that this also happened this year, just three weeks ago, as described in the post Craps, Anyone?. And if you remember, it was done...against the Yankees!Slot Player RBIs 3 Sheffield 4 4 Matsui 5 5 Williams 3 6 Posada 1 7 Sierra 2 8 Olerud 0

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