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Was happened upon by Cameron.  This elegant little template allows us to see clearly into the problem -- and it isn't an age-arc problem.
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You get the feeling that we might be juuuuust about to unravel some of those mysteries of offensive synergy.  At USSM they discussed Butler's ability (or failure) to help KC's kids ... but (1) did he help Alex Gordon?  and (2) what about other lineups?  Paul Konerko has been legitimizing the White Sox for years.
Where there is the smoke of an Old School belief system, there should be the fire of serious saber investigation.  "Legitimizing a lineup" is a concept that has been too commonly believed, by too many great baseball men, for too long.
The 2010-11 Mariners had no 3-4 hitters whatsoever, and all their hitters had bad years together.  I'm willing to give it a shot to see what a Billy Butler could do for them ... of course, if they brought in Butler and the offense had an UP year, it would be attributed to anything and everything else.