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Nationals resemble '04 Reds

By Rob Neyer
ESPN Insider

Friday, June 17, 2005

The freakiest numbers this season, without a doubt, are those describing the Minnesota Twins pitchers' uncanny control. But today I've got three NL-centric data points that might have slipped under your radar. .792 (the Cubs' team OPS) In case you've been stranded on Gilligan's Island (the fake one, I mean) for the last six or eight years, OPS (or O.P.S. if you're writing for The New York Times) is short for on-base percentage (O) plus (P) slugging percentage (S). Yes, I know it's not mathemati ...

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