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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
I just don't understand why people thought Crawford was ever good in the first place. Call me old school, but players like Crawford frustrate the shit out of me. Leadoff hitters shouldn't be free swingers. If you're Ichiro and can sling a .330 average, fine. If you're Soriano and can get well over 20 HRs fine. People get such boners over overall Batting Average and Stolen Bases. I'd much rather a relatively fast leadoff hitter who takes pitches, lets the rest of the lineup see what the pitcher and the umpire have got, and I care a shitload more about On Base % than I do batting average. Pedroia... while I hate the Red Sox, there's a guy I can rally around. Boston fans should know this. Johnny Damon was great at forcing 5+ pitch at bats. Wade Boggs was the ****ing master at it. Pretty powerful when one guy like Boggs can single-handedly bring your pitch count up to 10 in one at bat.
The fact that Epstein thought Carl Crawford was the answer shows how inept he is.
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First he's NOT the Sox's lead off hitter and only hit first in Tampa for his first few seasons. Ya know what else Boston fans "know" Johnny Damon NEVER sniffed 5+ PPA (no one ever has) in fact the difference in PPA between CC (3.89 PPA) and JD (4.03 PPA) equate to a whole .56 pitches over a 4 AB game, HOLY ****ING SHIT. If you want to shit on CC there are better trees to bark up but please before calling out fans at least get your argument straight.
and to your last sentence WTF? Theo is inept because he had to have someone play LF and he signed one?