It was the batting order. He wasn't used to batting in the bottom third of the order, and that somehow affected his swing.
Wow.
You know what, this is baseball. Hitting is something between the batter and the pitcher. The baseball batter picks up his baseball bat, then steps into the baseball batter's box, and tries to hit the baseball thrown by the pitcher. Does it matter that some lineup card taped to the wall of the dugout has you listed as #2 or #7?
Step up to the plate and try to hit the ball!
This is a team of excuse makers. Everybody has an answer for everything. Even the owners blamed Francona. Crawford is just being one of the guys, one of the team.
If Crawford hits .300 in April and the Sox win, then nobody will care about what's been said in this offseason. But right now, before the Sox have even played an exhibition game in 2011, the Sox are still vomiting excuses all over the place. And it's sickening.
Could you imagine a hockey player publicly whining about being on the 3rd line and not the 2nd line? How about a football player moaning about being on special teams?
But baseball is a game conducive to whining and complaints. And if that was what won games, the Red Sox would be World Champions.
-The Commodore
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Stop comparing baseball to other sports they simply aren't. Football and Hockey are team games, where baseball is very individual.
But like I said yesterday, and maybe you just don't understand this, your swing is completely effected by where you bat in the order. It's not simply step up and hit the ball. I would rather crawford almost slap at the ball to get a single or double and steal a base rather than feeling he has to give a power swing and knock people in at batting 7.
I agree. He should hit how he feels comfortable hitting. He's not a slugger.
He should not be so affected by where he hits in the lineup, though. It's baseball whining, and the Red Sox are the best whiners in baseball.
If anything, I think the fact that Baseball is a more individual game makes his whining LESS legitimate, not more.
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