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Originally Posted by DeezNutz
The most apt comparison to Butler is Mike Sweeney. Fans bitched about him as the "problem" without having any clue about how damn good he was. His OPS+ from '99-'05:
129
131
133
148
120
118
127
Yeah, Mike ****ing Sweeney and his contract were the primary problems with the Royals. "They paid the wrong guy." Wow. It couldn't be that the team paid only one guy...
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Deez is hitting home runs with men on base tonight. See Shogun?
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