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Old 04-06-2012, 06:09 PM   #7
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They have multiple issues.
When was the World Series last won by a team without a strong closer?
Was that a positive sampling of set up men yesterday?
There were a lot of guys in yesterday's game with below league average batting averages.
Gonzalez had major shoulder surgery over the off-season. That's a diminishing surgery that players are very afraid of because it has ruined a lot of careers. Travis Hafner had it in 2008 and he's never been the same.
I don't think Carl Crawford can perform on the Fenway Stage - he's a small market, low-pressure player.
Right field and left field - those dudes are supposed to be power hitters - ours are not.

**Vicente Padilla is widely regarded as the ugliest player in MLB.

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