We all knew he was a better hitter than he was showing early in the season. Now, is he the 200-hit guy he was (in 2004) or the .260-.270 guy he is now He's probably somewhere in the middle. But if Jack was anything close to what he his now, we probably would have won more games in the first half.
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I'm sure by the time the season is over we'll all find out what we're doing.
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