So, here you go:
For those of you who need a distraction from being sour
grapes over your squad missing the Super Bowl, here comes a baseball related
rant. After all, pitchers and catchers
report in less than a month…
If you live in Boston, you have definitely heard of 98.5 The
Sports Hub and are hopefully able to listen to the station on a regular basis
(and if you don’t, you should). All four
daily shows have unique redeeming qualities that make me a dedicated
listener. Each host is as entertaining
as the next and much of their time is spent arguing with each other and
analyzing every detail of Boston sports. The hosts on the afternoon show,
Phelger and Mazz, are known for their colossal rants for which they scream at
the microphone about a single topic to the point that blood vessels burst in
their foreheads. Following Phelg and
Mazz, comes the solo host of the evening show, Damon Amendolara (AKA DA). Every night at the end of his show, DA picks
a call that qualifies as the epic failure of the night. It is usually a rambling caller who doesn’t
know what they are talking about. As
these failure callers go on and on it becomes apparent that they are clueless,
most likely just calling in to hear their own voice. These are usually the people who DA has to
tell to turn their own radio down because you can hear it in the background.
So, in honor of my favorite peeps on the radio, I am about
to embark on a rant about Carl Crawford and why his signing by the Redsox was
an epic failure. I have been his least
favorite fan ever since I wasted my first round fantasy baseball draft pick on
him in 2008. He was a terrible fantasy
pick and I couldn’t get rid of him for anyone that season. He underperformed and over disappointed. He messed up my team and my season and made
my blood pressure rise every night. He
was one of those players that I was afraid to take out of my lineup for fear that
would be the day he had a monster night, steal four bags, hit two homeruns and
two doubles. And then I would have to
stare at those stats on my bench all week as I was behind in my match-up by one
stolen base and two homeruns. You know
that feeling? It stinks!
Just like Crawford!! His
numbers may look good at the end of the season, but they come in sporadic
doses. He is very streaky and
inconsistent. He will steal twenty bags
in one week, and then go on a slump for a month. He is far from a role model for his teammates
and in fact, couldn’t be a leader if he tried.
This year, when questioned by the media after a controversial loss, his
response was ‘I am not the one with the ‘C’ on my jersey’ and referred them to
Tek. Seriously??? Who says that? NOT a leader, that is for sure. If you don’t know me, you may try to call me
a Monday morning quarterback, but trust me, I was the first to question the Sox
monster signing of Crawford last offseason.
Every baseball fan disagreed with me, and blamed me for being a negative
Sox fan. My friends were like “well,
you only care about the Phillies anyways…”
Well, well, well… come the middle of the 2011 season some
people started jumping on my bandwagon and my argument suddenly didn’t seem so
irrational. And come end of the season,
after arguably the greatest collapse in baseball history, most people were on
my bandwagon and were feeling disappointed with Crawford’s production. And of course most recently to top it off, we
find out about an off season wrist injury that needs surgery?!? Things that make you go ‘hmmmmm’!! So as DA would say, signing Carl Crawford to a
seven year, 142 million dollar deal with a 6 million dollar signing bonus, was
an EPIC FAILURE!!! An epic failure! And while I am on a tear, it feels good to
also throw in that JD Drew and Dice-K were close seconds in the land of Redsox
epic failures!!
I realize this baseball rant comes at an odd time of year
with the Super Bowl right around the corner, so I won’t finish without throwing
in my two cents on the big game. I still
firmly believe that offense wins games, defense wins championships. Hear that as you wish…
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