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Some final notes on the 2007 season in Andrew Zarzour's world:
• The Houston Astros went on to beat the Detroit Tigers in a thrilling World Series, four games to three. The Astros won the first two games in Detroit, then lost the next three at home. Keeping with the theme, Houston won two more on the road to claim the Series. Wow — seven games and no team won at home… Houston won Games Six and Seven by one run …
• Prince Fielder of San Francisco ended up with 76 home runs, breaking the single season record (can't remember if I posted that already) … The next highest was KC’s Higinio Via from Venezuela (fictional player), who finished with 54. This was Via’s second year in a row of hitting 54 … Fielder was the NL’s MVP for obvious reasons …
• Philadelphia’s Josh Johnson (20-6, 2.89 ERA during the regular season) did win the National League Cy Young Award … Johnson was 0-1 with a 7.36 ERA in the playoffs, though … Bittersweet...
• Matt Holliday was Philadelphia’s offensive leader for the season, batting .330 with 45 homers — both team bests. Jorge Cantu hit .315 with 40 homers. He had a team best 115 RBIs. Cantu received Philly’s Team MVP award (my new way of using the custom award)…
• Philadelphia rookie first baseman Francisco Ramirez finished with a .302 average (52-for-172), with 14 home runs and 32 RBIs after getting called up to the Big Club in late July. His emergence moved Jorge Cantu to third base. A nice power triumvirate could be forming with those two and Matt Holliday.
• You know the drill. If anyone wants to know anything about another team or player, just let me know. I'll try to post Andrew's season and career numbers in a bit.
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