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  1. a700hitter
    Saltalacrappia with HRs in 4 of his last 6 games. He is on a bit of a tear.
  2. a700hitter
    Trade him for bullpen help.
  3. a700hitter
    This game is getting Crawford's bat healthy.
  4. a700hitter
    I didn't bitch about Dice K one year into the contract either. Plus, I have seen Crawford play for 7 years, and he tortured the Red Sox, so I think he will be worth the contract.
  5. a700hitter
    I just checked the score. What a wild inning!!!
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  7. a700hitter
    I'm not talking about consistency over one year, but multiple years. He has been under contract for 5 years and he only took the ball every 5th day in one year. That is consistency -- consistent unreliability.
  8. a700hitter
    Thank goodness it is not his surgical hand.
  9. a700hitter
    He didn't have to be as good as he has become in Cincinnati. He just needed to be consistent and take the ball every 5th day. Those are two things that Dice K never did. BTW: the ballpark in Cincinnati is a total bandbox, so don't underestimate what he has achieved. One weekend Coco Crisp hit 2 or 3 HRs there that were way back in the seats.
  10. a700hitter
    Not serious... so he should miss between 1 and 2 weeks.
  11. a700hitter
    I never thought much of him from the first time I saw him at his first Spring Training. He was what Bobby V said he would be-- a back of the rotation starter. Way too much money was spent to fill that role, especially when we had the perfect #5 man who continues to take the ball every 5th day year in and year out-- Bronson Arroyo.
  12. a700hitter
    Varitek had a really nice game. He hit a HR that ended up being the margin of victory, threw out two runners on attempted steals and called a very nice game. He was the player of the game.
  13. a700hitter
    Varitek + Salty = 3 HRs Russell Martin 9 HRs
  14. a700hitter
    Cue Dirty Water in Boston.
  15. a700hitter
    Nice running catch by JD. Sutton didn't get back well on that ball.
  16. a700hitter
    Luckily it is not a 1 run game.
  17. a700hitter
    Papelbon with 27 k's and 3 walks in 19.2 innings.
  18. a700hitter
    In my mind that would be the optimal use of a prospect. Use them to get a current star. Let another team develop them, and then get back the finished product for more prospects.
  19. a700hitter
    Bard is not available tonight. Who will pitch the 8th?
  20. a700hitter
    Here are the stats that I have found for LHB vs. LHP. In the last 7 years, he exceeded the AL avg 4 times and the MLB avg 5 times. Year Crawford AL MLB 2004 .764 .725 .731 2005 .620 .696 .698 2006 .776 .717 .711 2007 .837 .729 .708 2008 .641 .718 .699 2009 .704 .729 .703 2010 .696 .669 .683
  21. a700hitter
    Is this thread relevant anymore? Neither one will play for the Red Sox.
  22. a700hitter
    Interesting. Those numbers are not what I thought they were. I'm in transit now and statistical research is too difficult on my Blackberry. I will check tonight to see if you have pulled anymore of your shenanigans.
  23. a700hitter
    Not surprisingly, league OPS for LHB vs LHP varies from season to season. Comparing a player to the league or major league average year by year is the best apples to apples comparison of performance. A season's worth of stats for the whole league or the whole major leagues is a sufficiently large statistical sample. It is certainly much much larger than the 60 ABs that you used to liken Carl Crawford to Rey Ordonez. The year by year comparison of Crawford to the AL or MLB doesn't support your conclusion, because he is exceeds the league average in every year except one going back to 2005. Comparing his career stats to MLB cumulative stats from 2000 to 2006 is shenanigans, indeed, but I do appreciate the effort.
  24. a700hitter
    Nice trickery, but this is not apples to apples. You are using 2000 to 2006 figures to compare to Crawford's career stats? I'm not buying. If you want and apples to apples comparison, check the AL OPS for LHB vs LHP year by year, or if you prefer check the MLB stats on this (don't limit it to AL). Each year, Crawford is at or above the average, with the exception of maybe one year. That's your apples to apples-- year by year-- the majors or just the AL vs. Crawford.
  25. a700hitter
    I didn't bring Agon into the argument to compare the two players, which you clearly did. What is the percentage drop off in lefty-righty OPS splits for left handed batters? Does Crawford exceed the average drop off? What is the league average OPS for lefty batters vs. lefty pitchers? Those would be the stats that would support your argument, but I don't think you have produced either. Instead, you have tried to divert the issue into an AGon vs. Crawford comparison which it clearly is not.
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