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Originally posted by MikeyChalupa
The Yanks ARE playing without their DH, Nick Johnson. He's injured (but comes back next week). Ruben Sierra is filling in nicely but if the AL's DH rule went away tomorrow they'd just sit Sierra, have the pitcher bat and STILL field the best lineup from 1 to 8 in the American League.
-Mikey
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I hate to burst your bubble but here are the line ups from 8-6
Johnny Damon, CF 4 0 1 1 1 0 .269
Bill Mueller, 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 .329
Nomar Garciaparra, SS 5 1 2 1 0 1 .317
Manny Ramirez, LF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .319
David Ortiz, DH 3 1 1 1 1 0 .293
Kevin Millar, 1B 3 0 1 1 0 2 .287
Trot Nixon, RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .319
Todd Walker, 2B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .282
Damian Jackson, PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Jason Varitek, C 2 1 1 0 2 1 .291
you are looking at the best offence at baseball.
just for reference
Derek Jeter, SS 4 0 1 0 1 1 .325
Bernie Williams, CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Jason Giambi, DH 3 1 1 1 1 1 .266
Jorge Posada, C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .252
Hideki Matsui, LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .296
Aaron Boone, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268
Nick Johnson, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 1 .287
David Dellucci, RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .251
Enrique Wilson, SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 .217
a-Ruben Sierra, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276