December 4, 2006

That Drew Guy

Heaping unjustified criticism on a player before he actually is a member of the Red Sox is not exactly a new hobby of the Boston media.

Early January 2003. WBZ's Sports Final:
Shaughnessy said they had better not sign that "Ortiz guy", as "he is a sack of you know what".

8 comments:

9casey said...

It's amazing how these reporters just make up shit with no viable source . I am beginning to believe the worst for this Buster Olney...He hasn't been right in 2 years......Is there some way along with all the other blogs and red sox chat areas we can form some kind of revolt and just get these guys to wait and print the truth......I know I sound ridiculous..hey maybe I can get a job with espn or the globe...I can lie and type stupid shit with the best of 'em...Just thought I rant!

Congrats by the way, what did you get for winning?

allan said...

Buster Olney...He hasn't been right in 2 years.

He had the scoop on the Sox winning the Dice-K bid.

Congrats by the way, what did you get for winning?

Nothing. Except that cool ribbon gif.

allan said...

John:

I know nothing about Drew's ego, but to compare Drew to Guillen is grossly unfair.

Career
Guillen: .272/.321/.445
JD Drew: .286/.393/.512

Drew beats Guillen by 14 points of BA, 72 points of OBP and 67 points of SLG. (If Drew dogs it, Guillen must be in a coma.)

Career OPS+: Drew 133, Guillen 98.

Sorry, these two players are not comparable.

(Drew's best player comp, according to Baseball-Reference? Trot Nixon.)

allan said...

Runs Created per 27 Outs (career):

Drew: 7.25
Guillen: 4.83

Drew is a vastly superior hitter, despite what your eyes are telling you.

allan said...

Vernon Wells was the 3rd best Drew comp.

KK is as dumb as dirt (and I apologize to all the mounds of dirt who might be reading this).

laura k said...

I listend to Rob Dibble and Kevin Kennedy on XM...why I don't know.

Geez. Talk about Dumb and Dumber, and mounds of dirt. Just think how many people in North America get their baseball info from these guys. It's positively frightening.

I gotta feel sorry for a guy who's coming to a new baseball home with this kind of advance press.

Is there some way along with all the other blogs and red sox chat areas we can form some kind of revolt and just get these guys to wait and print the truth

No, but we can stop reading and listening to them. I've done it, and I'm here to tell you, it's liberating!

Congrats by the way, what did you get for winning?

Killjoy. ;-)

laura k said...

Shaughnessy said they had better not sign that "Ortiz guy", as "he is a sack of you know what".

If this is verifiable, it's really worth publicizing. It could get a lot of play online.

Does SOSH know? The other big Sox blogs?

Zenslinger said...

SI is reporting this deal done at 5/$70m pending a physical.