Compare and Contrast

Player A:
131 games .254 batting average. 26 home runs. 77 RBI. 74 runs. 110 hits.
OBP .378. SLG .506. OPS .884.
$3.6 million.
Acquired with pitcher Kaneko Texeira for Jeff Marquez, Jhonny Nuney, and Wilson Betemit from the White Sox.

Player B:
120 games .267 batting average. 20 home runs. 59 RBI. 73 runs. 107 hits.
OBP .382. SLG .499 OPS .880.
$14 million.
Signed to a five-year, $70 million contract, bum shoulder, balky back and an ugly—and extensive—history of assorted injuries included.

BEN:

Do you seriously want me to respond to this? Should we open a discussion of the Yankees and poorly spent money, or do you want to just concede the point up front?

MILES:

The same Pavano the Small Market Sox missed out on? Or Kei Igawa, Scranton-Wilkes Barre's all-time winningest pitcher? I'd put Cashman's record against Theo's any day. Has Theo figured out that shortstop position yet?

BEN:

I don't think I have room here to really get into this one. All you readers out there: look out for my complete thoughts on Brian Cashman this weekend. (Congratulations, incidentally, to You're Wrong About Everything's first follower.)

MILES:

Jesus, I'm outnumbered. Welcome, Football for Chicks. I'll most likely be cribbing from your notes throughout the upcoming football season.