After going 4-for-4 on Sunday against the Mariners, Detroit center-fielder and member of the Bushido Braves fantasy team, Curtis Granderson joined Willie Mays (1957-NY Giants) and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte (1911-Cubs) as the third major leaguer to have at least 20 stolen bases, 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 home runs in the same season. This remarkable feat of entering what’s known as the “20-20-20-20 club” was acknowledged with a standing ovation at Comerica Park to which Mr. Granderson responded in a very stoic manner by simply nodding his head and waving to each side of the park.
Make no doubt about it, Curtis Granderson is a class act and that is why he is on my fantasy team. Well that and Granderson has an OPS of .913 with a .301 average. For those of you unaware of the sabermetrics (science of baseball), OPS is On-base percentage plus Slugging. Granderson has a .359 OBP plus a .554 SLG for a total of .913 OPS. And knowing this is one of the strategies (OPS = Winning %) I used to go from last place to second after the All-Star Break.
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