Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? From a year ago? Um, thou art worse. Less temperate.

CuseAdelphia found this 4/30/2008 on www.philliesflow.com [flag]

On the plus side, I do think there’s at least a chance that temperate wasn’t even that high on the list of collective goals. Using OPS as the measure, Utley’s second base and Burrell’s left field are the only two positions where the Phils are getting more offense in 2008 than they got in 2007. That leaves six positions where they are getting less offense, the most ... [link]

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