BYB FANS SPEAK OUT ON THE BEST YANKEE LEAD-OFF GUY!

OK... you read and voted; we listened and now we are reporting back to you!  

After we posted WHO'S THE BEST YANKEE LEAD-OFF GUY? last week, we welcomed your comments and opened up a poll.  We received 74 votes total over the week and here’s what you said, loud and clear:

By the way,  Shout out to @pelavery18 for pointing out an oversight- Chuck Knoblauch received fourteen write-in votes because we never put him in the poll.  Hey, it happens, we're human. Luckily for us, many of you pointed it out and sent in emails.

@suzieprof Some quick calculations, looks like .365 out of leadoff spot in 2,448 PAs 1998-2001
— Patrick Lavery (@pelavery18) June 28, 2013

To Patrick and the rest of you Knoblauch fans:  You are right; he should have been included.  He added some spark when we needed it at the top of the lineup and he set us up for some really important wins, jump starting the 90s championship years.  

Picking up Knobby from the Twins, Chuck scored over 240 runs during his first two years with us.  His career average .289 and OBP of .378 made him a natural choice for lead-off.  By the way, we at Bleeding Yankee Blue wish Chuck Knoblauch a Happy 45^th birthday on July 7th!

Today, we have that kind of spark again with Brett Gardner at the top of the order.  With Robinson Cano so hot lately, I would personally like to see Gardy get on base some more so we can jack up the runs and win more ball games; the same way Knobby got us going in the late 90s.

Thank you to everyone who voted and gave some input.  As always, we appreciate our fans and welcome your comments!  

--Suzie Pinstripe, BYB Opinion Columnist
Twitter: @suzieprof





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