Not really a big secret since the 1-9 philosophy really worked well. But what I've noticed in the stats is most of the starters fell within the 50-100 range of walks to strikeouts and all hit for average AND we had two big guns in the line-up in Travis and Vic plus a mini-big gun in Casey Blake.

I've been a bit nervous this past offseason as the tribe kept pursuing ballplayers that are known to strike out quite a bit. (Burnitz, Preston Wilson, signed Hernandez).

Hernandez may prove to be an exellent platoon hitter so it will be interesting to see if this club can match or exceed last years offense.