"He's a better player than this, and he knows it," Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman said of Cabrera, who was a key member of the 2006 and 2007 Yankees but was batting only.242 this season with a paltry on-base percentage of.296.
He went into Monday's game batting.261 with a paltry.288 on-base percentage, and did not get a hit in three more trips to the plate after his third-inning single.
Bourn separates himself from the group: despite hitting.214 and putting together a paltry.275 on-base percentage, he is still leads the National League in stolen bases, something that would normally require being on base quite a bit.
When Freese missed 37 games because of a broken right index finger from July 23 to Aug. 31, Angels third basemen combined for a paltry.522 on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS).
In some senses, the chancellor's hands are tied by the cuts he has already made: even across-the-board benefits freezes or cuts save relatively small amounts, as the current budget projections are based on paltry 1% year-on-year rises, meaning freezing or even cutting benefits moves the dial only slightly.
They charge that General Musharraf has shown little regard for their concerns and that for years their province has received paltry royalties on its resources, while remaining one of the country's poorest regions.
You can see why savers are desperate for more options when you compare these returns to average rates on cash ISAs; ranging from a paltry 1.26 per cent on easy-access ISAs and only reaching 2.75 per cent if you lock your money away for five years.
The offer sold $1 million worth of tickets on both Sunday and Monday before dipping to a paltry $600,000 on Tuesday.
"It is clear that the business model of some of these for-profit colleges is to become totally reliant on federal funds, making billions in the process and spending a paltry amount on actually educating the students they spend billions to entice," Ms. Speier said.
People are slowly venturing into riskier assets to raise the paltry returns on their savings.
