Mar 28, 2011 | FanSided Sports
Nyjer Morgan, Cutter Dykstra, and Sabermetric Orthodoxies
Baseball , Transaction Analysis Yesterday, the Nationals sent outfielder Nyjer Morgan to Milwaukee for minor league infielder Cutter Dykstra .
First, Crash Davis observed that strikeouts are fascist. Now we've learned that left fielders are "fungible." Last week at Oakland Coliseum, Travis Buck achieved a distinction of sorts when he became the Athletics' 11th Opening Day left fielder in an 11-year span.
Athletics gain split with BoSox in Tokyo
Rich Harden threw six strong innings, as the Oakland Athletics downed the Boston Red Sox, 5-1, in the finale of Major League Baseball's season-opening series at the Tokyo Dome.
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