Despite his ill-fated attempt to catch the ball with his crotch in this year's NLDS, Matt Holliday is superior to Jason Bay defensively.  You wouldn't evaluate a player's batting skills based on 1 plate appearance and you shouldn't judge a player's defense based on 1 misplay.  I've seen the Bay > Holliday myth propagated in a number of places so it's worth addressing.  Here are each player's UZR and +/- (in runs saved) for the last 3 seasons combined:

Additionally, Holliday rated higher than Bay according to the Fans Scouting Report this season.  The extent to which Bay sucks defensively is up for debate but it's pretty clear he is below average while Holliday is above average.  The end.

I submit the following:

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Situation: Bottom of the 6th, 2-1 Diamondbacks, 0 outs, bases empty, David Wright vs. Doug Davis

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Pitch 1: Up and away, nowhere near the strike zone.  1-0 count.

Pitch 2: Borderline pitch called a ball that is probably a strike.  2-0 count.

Pitch 3: Meatball, right down the middle.  David takes a nice hack and hits a foul ball.  2-1 count.

Pitch 4: Outside the strike zone.  3-1 count.

Pitch 5: High but in the the strike zone.  Not in David's wheelhouse.  3-2 count.

Pitch 6: Low and inside pitch in the strike zone.  Swing, bomb home run, tie ballgame.

This was beautiful.  David worked the count, didn't swing at anything out of the strike zone, and when given pitches to hit he took healthy cuts.  I enjoy good pitching, defense, and baserunning when watching baseball.  Even a well executed bunt, in the right situation of course, is pleasant to watch.  However, nothing is better then seeing a batter lay off bad offerings and then knock the stuffing out of a pitch located right where he wants it. 

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The Mets hit three triples against the Astros on Sunday, one apiece by Luis Castillo, Jeremy Reed and Angel Pagan. It was the ninth time the Mets accomplished the feat in a nine-inning game and the first time since June 6, 1994, when Ryan Thompson, Kelly Stinnett and Kevin McReynolds each tripled against the Rockies.

The Mets record for triples in a nine-inning game is four, accomplished just once on May 23, 1970, when Ron Swoboda, Al Weis, Tommie Agee and Ken Boswell tripled in a 14-8 loss to the Cubs.

Guy: "How bad does it suck to suck as bad as you guys suck?"

Me: "It sucks."

So, despite the fact that we have twice as much of B than we do of A, A is still more valuable than B. And here's the kicker: the more we have of B the worse off we are! None of A is far better than a ton of B.

This is my nightmare.

Albert Pujols's slugging %:  .743

Non-Delgado Mets first basemen's OPS:  .714

Some swanky new overlays courtesy of Greg Rybarczyk at HitTracker. Yankee Stadium III is larger than Citi Field in just one small area of left-center; otherwise, Citi Field is bigger all-around, and dramatically so in rightfield and right-center.

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