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Boston’s Carl Crawford to miss opening day?

By Mark J. Miller | Scoop Du Jour – Wed, Jan 18, 2012 7:03 AM EST

US PresswireWhen Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Crawford started increasing his hitting activity right around New Year's, he experienced soreness in his left wrist, Sox GM Ben Cherington said, according to MLB.com. It wasn't' going away and has been there in the past so Crawford opted for surgery on Tuesday, which may keep him from being with the team on opening day in April, the site notes.

Cherington is optimistic that Crawford will be with the team for "the bulk of the season," according to the site. "We're not going to put an exact timeline on it," Cherington said. "We expect him to be hitting at some point during spring training and then expect him to be in position to return to play at some point very early in the season."

There were high expectations for Crawford last year when he joined the Sox after nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays. After batting .307 with 19 homers and 47 stolen bases for the Rays in 2010, Crawford batted .255 with 11 homers and 18 stolen bases last year.

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23 comments

  • Grantham Taylor, Hughes
    Grantham Taylor, Hughes  •  Warminster, Pennsylvania  •  4 months ago
    People like Crawford with their big paycheck really urk me because the game is ruined psychologically. Curt Flood is the real culprit getting free agency done. Now it is just big business and big money. The game is ruined and nothing to be done for awhile. I say as I have said before. Just get a team and pay some minor leaguers very low salaries like 50K per year and then get them on a raw vegan high hydration (just water no gatorade-like substances) diet and they will bring old-time great baseball back. I realise people need to make a living, but multi-millions is unnecessary for just the love of the game. I used to love to play baseball for nothing. It is a great game, but the big money has completely ruined it turning it into high paid mercenaries who could care less about the team and loyalty to it. True, the whole idea was playing a game to show your skill initially and then the team idea comes about. But ask any player and they will tell you that their skill level got them there and that should be obvious. However, in the major leagues with all the pabulum about inflated hiring .250 hitters thinking they are stars something is really wrong. Crawford should be benched all year hitting .255 and he was injured part of the year playing in only 130 games. He missed 32 games with an injury. Now the wrist thing...Red Sox got screwed on Crawford or Screwford.
    • str A's hooter
      str A's hooter 4 months ago
      Actually, Flood wasn't a bad guy. We each played for the same legion team, though, years apart. George Powles raised and trained us right. Love your neighbor and stand up for what is right.
    • ~PANCHO~
      ~PANCHO~ 4 months ago
      Str....I actually agree with you here. I have a read a book on Flood and recently saw the HBO special on him. Back then MLB had the thinking that they "owned" players like slaves, which we all know isn't fair in the workplace.
      And your caboose pal still has that thinking from the 60's. Look at his idiotic response to this. Like he really knew Flood. And YOU of all people actually did and can attest that he wasn't what the dipchit caboose claimed.
    • Turd Ferguson
      Turd Ferguson 4 months ago
      wow
  • Str A's Hooter
    Str A's Hooter  •  4 months ago
    I know that sounded stupid. It's just that I think i'd make a great mechanics coach.
  • ~PANCHO~
    ~PANCHO~  •  4 months ago
    Str....how many big leaguers do you see get fooled on a breaking pitch away. So.....because of this picture, you wonder that this is how he hurt his wrist? lmfao...
    Anyways.....I am more thinking that all the money Boston put into him and he didn't live up to expectations.....that this is just an excuse and cover up for a very bad free agent signing. I mean, he's a "good" player, but just not worth the money. If he starts of slow, the fans will be crying to trade him by summertime.
    • davfied
      davfied 4 months ago
      punko,
      great falling for the turd.
    • ~PANCHO~
      ~PANCHO~ 4 months ago
      Doesn't turd always "fall" out of its place? At least that's the way it's suppose to be. Plop plop!
    • str A's hooter
      str A's hooter 4 months ago
      Davfied, it was nice for awhile not having our cabooses jump on by "Turd", ~PAUNCHO~, and the rest. I thought we were rid of the lowlifes after the Yahoo change of format and general house cleaning. No luck.
  • The Real Deal
    The Real Deal  •  Wallingford, Connecticut  •  4 months ago
    I would still rather be sitting there with Crawford's contract than the Yankees with Arod. I think that it's too soon to be writing off Carl as many are doing.
    • davfied
      davfied 4 months ago
      I never wrote him off. He is a fantastic player.... Injuries happen....SO DOES THE HR RECORD!!!!!!
  • Espy
    Espy  •  4 months ago
    Don't be surprised if he's out for the year. Ever try checking your swing on a major league fastball with a bad wrist? Mark DeRosa had wrist surgery and basically missed two full years.
  • Gordo
    Gordo  •  4 months ago
    what a joke
  • has
    has  •  4 months ago
    @Grantham; Now it is just big business and big money. The game is ruined and nothing to be done for awhile

    The game was always big money, Just the owners made and kept it all. Ticket prices averaged $.50 and one game would pay the full salary for a team. With 154 games overhead could be covered in a couple of weeks.
  • Joe C
    Joe C  •  Providence, Rhode Island  •  4 months ago
    carl is great on turf not so much on the grass
  • davfied
    davfied  •  Fresno, California  •  4 months ago
    Yea...I know nothing about baseball, HA HA HA, Prince to Nationals
    • str A's hooter
      str A's hooter 4 months ago
      You were right on, davfied. I hear the contract for Darvish cost the Rangers $110 Million. That is an awful lot for an unproven arm. The Nationals are the only team with the capital to sign Fielder long term, now.
  • CaptainSunshine
    CaptainSunshine  •  Tampa, Florida  •  4 months ago
    Sux are a third place team at best anyway...maybe even 4rth behind Toronto.
  • NAILS 4
    NAILS 4  •  Milton, Vermont  •  4 months ago
    And their long season has begun, & its not even the end of Jan yet! Can't win ball games from the get go when you don't have the players to put on the field!
  • davfied
    davfied  •  Fresno, California  •  4 months ago
    Another good move by Epstein. Good luck Cubbies. HA HA
    Cashman has consistently beaten "the boy wonder" at every turn.
    THE EVIL EMPIRE IS BACK. 102-60. Mark it.
  • davfied
    davfied  •  Fresno, California  •  4 months ago
    Also ARod......35-120.
  • str A's hooter
    str A's hooter  •  4 months ago
    OK, Fake Hooter, Pauncho, and the rest of the "experts", why not just check Crawlfur's 2011 stats. Over 100 k's, 22 walks, and a sorry .289 OBP. Like someone said after batting against Sandy Koufax,"You can't hit what you can't see!" He needs a good mechanics coach and maybe a pair of glasses.
    • Turd Ferguson
      Turd Ferguson 4 months ago
      Like you? Funny
    • ~PANCHO~
      ~PANCHO~ 4 months ago
      Never said I was an expert, but I am smart enough not to post something about mechanics by looking at a still photo. Like I said before, IF you would think before you post stupid things....you may word it better. And stop being so gosh darn sensitive Wally!!!! Be a man and stop feeling like everyone is picking on you. You just don't get it. You are as stubborn as your caboose friend.
    • davfied
      davfied 4 months ago
      punko,
      only thing you are a expert at is molesting children.
  • dado
    dado  •  New York, New York  •  4 months ago
    poor guy
  • Jacks
    Jacks  •  Culver City, California  •  4 months ago
    right after you change his depends
  • Jacks
    Jacks  •  Culver City, California  •  4 months ago
    Can someone apply a lil Desitin to Davi, hes getting chaffed
  • Bill
    Bill  •  Greensboro, North Carolina  •  4 months ago
    I don't know anyone who works harder than Crawford. He really wants to make good on his contract and perform up to his potential. He tried TOO hard last year.

    I can't wait until he starts producing and shuts all the nay sayers. I think Boston will be back with a desire to prove the critics wrong about how lazy and out of shape they are. Go Sox in 2012!!!
  • str A's hooter
    str A's hooter  •  4 months ago
    No wonder Crawford injured his wrist while taking batting practice! Look at the mechanics of his swing in the accompanying photo. Carl looks like he's waving goodby to a pitch already past him! He's, also, watching an imaginary ball 5 feet in front of the plate while all of this is going on! He's lost! No wonder he threw his wrist out, for Cryin out loud!
  • Jacks
    Jacks  •  Culver City, California  •  4 months ago
    the only Record the Stankees will break this yr is overcharging their fans for concessions and gear... Fatheaded rat Ny'ers...
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