[USML Announce] Peralta - Swisher Update

[JHWinick at aol.com]

After PT/KR accepted the AYM offer over The Professor's alternative PT/KR  
was berated not only for rejecting The Professor's allegedly far  superior 
offer, but for being stupid enough to believe that Nick Swisher had any  value 
whatsoever as a keeper.  As per usual, I immediately jumped to  PT/KR's defense 
and challenged The Professor to a bet of lunch at next year's  draft.  The terms 
of the draft were that Swisher would be better than  Peralta for the balance 
of the year subsequent to June 30th.  The agreed  upon rules were:
 
 
1 pt per home run 
1/3 pt per rbi 
1/3 pt per run 
1/10 per pt of batting average 
1 pt per stolen base 
June 30 through September  8th 
Jhonny Peralta 
5 home runs                  5 points                     
26 rbi                           8 2/3 points               
26 runs                         8 2/3 points               
0 sb                              0 points                     
56 for 211 (.2654)        26 1/2 points              
Running  Total                 48 5/6 points 
Nick Swisher 
11 home runs                11 points 
35 rbi                           11 2/3 points 
34 runs                         11 1/3 points 
0 sb                              0 points 
46 for 201 (.2288)        22 1/2  points 
Running  Total                 56 1/2 points 
So.....as of tonight, it looks  like I should start thinking about what I 
want for lunch.  Its almost a  clean sweep.  Swisher has 6 more home runs, 9 more 
rbi and 8 more  runs.  Neither player is worth a damn when it comes to 
batting average, but  Peralta is outhitting Swisher with a .265 batting average to 
Swisher's  .228.  Is Peralta even worth keeping at this rate?  Seems to me like 
 he may now be considered a liability as a required keeper. 
PT/KR - I believe that the  Professor owes you an apology. 
Final update at the end of the  season. 
Jeff  Winick
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