Random notes/observations from season 6

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Let's take a look at the plus/minus report card from season 6....


Biggest Surprises:
St. Louis improves by 22 wins over season 5 and wins the NL East with a final weekend sweep of Rochester.
Fresno also sees a 22 game improvement from last year and makes the playoffs.
Scranton falls apart in front of our faces after trading eventual NL MVP Steve Randolph and loses 23 more games in season 6 than they did in season 5.

Biggest not so surprises:
Pawtucket and Charleston win their divisions for the 5th straight year while KC tames the AL West for the 6th consecutive year.

Biggest stick in the bigs:
Darin Kingland blasts 71 HRs to go along with a .335 average and .410 OBP to win his first MVP award

Smallest stick in the bigs:
Brandon Varitek in 620 official ABs Varitek smacked a whopping 2 home runs. No one in the bigs had less home runs with as many plate appearances.

Biggest eyes at the plate:
Nicholas Bryant proves he does everything by drawing 143 walks this year - 47 more than 2nd place in the world

Biggest lug swinging a 10 pound bat (Adam Dunn memorial award):
Sherman Pierce of Jackson crushes 38 home runs while strking out a league leading 159 times. He doesn't get cheated when he takes his swings.

Fleetest of Feet:
Nicholas Bryant swipes a league record 178 bases while getting caught just 6 times. An amazing 97% success rate.

Biggest 2 left feet:
Fred Green of New Orleans attempts to steal 13 times. He made it twice. The New Orleans Post Gazette reports Green attempted to steal a loaf of marble rye bread when the season ended but tripped and was apprehended by my grandmother.