Here's his line for 12 games with the Leones del Bumfukkery: 13 for 49 (.265), one HR, nine RBIs and 10 Ks.
This microscopic sample size ignores the fact that Hicks heated up in his final games, going 6 for 11. Thus, he neatly pulled the plug on his comeback before the next, inevitable tweaked gonad.
Over his nine-year career, Hicks' Yankee experience has always gone this way:
He starts slowly. He gets hot. He gets hurt.
That's it. He breaks bad. He breaks out. He breaks down. He almost seems too muscular for his own good. The man is a walking sandwich of pulled pork.
In pondering Hicks' two-week numbers, I wondered if they are even worth mentioning. Look, it's great that he's attempting a comeback. I still remember that magnificent night in Minnesota, when his miraculous catch saved the game and his HR won it. He always looks great - before looking for a surgeon.
But I ask you, o juju gods: How in fuck could the Yankees enter 2022 thinking Hicksy remains a viable CF option? He'll start slowly. He'll get hot. He'll get hurt. Do we need to experience it again? As Bojack once said, Fool me once, shame on you. Teach me to be fooled, and you'll fool me the rest of my life.
Anyway, he'll be only 32 this year. He's not too old. But is he worth it? Last year, he finished at .194 with 4 HRs. Over his career, one of his statistical doppelgangers is Roger Repoz, a name that stands for unfulfilled Yankee hopes.
So, anyway, congrats to Hicksy. And wherever you are, Mr. Repoz - (you're listed to be 81) - happy holidays.
Don’t worry, I’m sure the Yankees will throw five mil Gardner’s way to “back up” Hicks
ReplyDeleteThere was a message on my phone that he hurt his back in the airport while practicing his golf swing
ReplyDeleteIn 1971, Repoz became the first player in MLB history to compile an OPS of greater than while putting up a batting average of under .200 and playing in a minimum of 100 games. (BaseballReference.com). He was something of a template for the modern player, and the comparison to Hicks is not unwatrranted.
ReplyDeleteHilarious, Archie!
ReplyDeleteAnd Roger Repoz! Dang. Played for years on the same Angels team with Rick Reichardt, which I found confusing.
We traded him to KC, in a big deal for Fred Talbot. Oy. Anyway, after becoming the very model of a modern major-league ballplayer, Roger was dumped off to Baltimore the next year after 3 games, and never played in the majors again. Which is what used to happen to players who batted .199 as a regular.
He went on to hit over 100 home runs in a relatively productive career for the Yakult Swallows.
ReplyDeleteWe can now officially deem ourselves the New York MOTSS.
More Of The Same Shit.
EDB I am surprised Barren Hicks was not injured during those ABs.
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