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Everything posted by a700hitter

  1. Sometimes Gammons is wrong, but not when I agee with him.
  2. Sutton swing the bat and get out of there.
  3. Tito needs to tell our batters to swing at the first pitch in the top of the 5th.
  4. Almost got the 2.
  5. Get VMart to hit it on the ground to an infielder.
  6. The cover is off the tarp. Aceves, work quickly!!!
  7. If nothing else, he throws strikes and moves the game along.
  8. I am having trouble accessing the site. Let's get 5 innings in quickly. Swing at the first pitch the next 2 innings.
  9. Crawford sucks!!! I got him for my Fantasy team just in time for him to get hot.
  10. With the bad weather forecast in Detroit, let's hope they get in 5 innings and don't waste this offensive performance.
  11. Lowrie is hitting. Pedroia is lucky that he ahs been back in the lineup. With the way he has been hitting, he could have been Wally Pipped.
  12. That's a huge blow. Maybe now that Salty is on a HR tear (homnering in 4 of his last 6 games) we can trade him to SF for a bullpen arm and we can sign Bengie Molina.
  13. Does this mean that I can't say that Carl Crawford is better than Rey Ordonez or Alezx Cora, if those comparisons are made?
  14. When the shoe is on the other foot, you don't like it. Remember that you had accused me of applying different standards according to whether I like or dislike players. That's just not true. "Fanboyism"? Lol!! You usually accuse me of being a cranky old curmudgeon. You can't have it both ways as you would say. I fully realize that Crawford has problems against lefties, but IMO they are not severe enough to make him into a platoon player. Ortiz was terrible the last two seasons against lefties and i didn't think he should be platooned either. I am not refusing to see his weakness, but I am not willing to equate his hitting against lefties to Rey Ordonez. I think that's an overstatement.
  15. I actually see a lot of merit in the argument that Crawford should hit 6th on the grounds that his speed can be better utilized stealing bases in front of the singles hitters at the bottom of the order instead of in front of big bangers like AGon, Youk and Ortiz who can drive guys in from first base.
  16. Keep in mind that for most of Drew's career he sat out against most (and the toughest) lefties. His ratio of ABs against righties vs. lefties is much higher than Crawford's ratio. Crawford has been answering the bell everyday for his entire career against every lefty, even the tough ones. If Drew had faced more lefties his OPS no doubt would have suffered and if Crawford had sat against the tougher lefties, his OPS would have improved. I appreciate players that go to the post every day, because I believe that any lineup with Carl Crawford is better than the same lineup without him. Going to the post every day is not always in the best interests of the individual's statistics, but it is in the best interests of the team IMO.
  17. :lol: I never thought about his pattern of clogging things. :lol:
  18. He's limping? Given his past history, this could take a minimum of two weeks.
  19. Yet, Crawford at age 29 has 100 more hits than the 35 year old Drew.
  20. What Sox players do I not like? I like them all. Some are great, some good and some are not so good. I've seen a lot of Crawford over the last 7 years, and he is a very good player with excellent skills. You can dispute that if you like, but that's my assessment. He's right in the middle of his prime, so I expect to see some great things from him. As for using Dice K as an example of a player that I don't "like". I find it very frustrating to watch him pitch. Don't you? I am pretty sure Tito finds it frustrating too. It has nothing to do with "like". I'd like for him to be better, and I have been hoping for him to be better for 5 years, but it doesn't look like that will happen. I certainly did not throw dirt on Dice K after his first 2 months with the Sox like you are doing with Crawford. I didn't view Dice K as a bust until some time last season.
  21. :lol:Don't scare people like that. Crawford is no Lugo. Crawford's accomplishments are significant yet unheralded. People don't realize that he has more hits at the same age than Derek Jeter had. He also has more career stolen bases than all active players except Juan Pierre who is 5 years older.
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