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Best Defensive CF since Rowand?


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Besides Anderson  

64 members have voted

  1. 1. Besides Anderson

    • Rob Mackowiak
      6
    • Scott Podsednik
      1
    • Andy Gonzalez
      3
    • Luis Terrero
      13
    • Jerry Owens
      5
    • DeWayne Wise
      6
    • Ken Griffey Jr
      4
    • Nick Swisher
      10
    • Alexei Ramirez
      10
    • Darin Erstad
      4
  2. 2. Is death an option?

    • Yes
      28
    • Possibly
      16


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QUOTE (Kalapse @ May 1, 2009 -> 02:38 PM)
I always thought Luis Terrero played a damn good CF for us in '07.

 

Darin Erstad is also missing.

Erstad was never that bad defensively, I guess the memory of him losing that ball in the lights stuck with a lot of people.

 

I'm surprised that so far people think Mackowiak was better than Swisher out there.

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QUOTE (lostfan @ May 1, 2009 -> 01:53 PM)
Erstad was never that bad defensively, I guess the memory of him losing that ball in the lights stuck with a lot of people.

 

I'm surprised that so far people think Mackowiak was better than Swisher out there.

Yeah I remember Erstad being pretty good out there, he f***ed up more than a few easy plays but overall I suppose he got the job done.

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Actually according to baseball-refence.com Dewayne Wise has been a plus defender throughout his career (including 2008), and Anderson has been about average according to their calculations. Wise's total fielding runs above avg. was 4.0 and Anderson's was -1.8 in 2008. In 5 years in the outfield, anderson is .5 runs above average, while Wise is 9.0 runs above average in his 6 seasons in the outfield. I know everybody's gonna jump all over this, but it's statistical analysis. I think Dewayne Wise is a lot better out there than people give him credit for. I actually voted for Terrero, and got to thinking that Wise really hasn't been that bad. I got curious and checked out the stats, of the ones I checked out, Wise and Erstad were the best according to those numbers. By the way, Swisher is atrocious (-14.8 last year) and Ryan Sweeney is also below average according to this analysis.

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QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 1, 2009 -> 08:34 PM)
I was at the game where Terrero hit a monster HR underneath the Fundamentals thing against the Rays.

 

The Jamie Shields game. One of the most "out of nowhere" homers I can remember. Of course the biggest one like that will likely be shown during the Sox highlights tonight with our #9 hitter. Give 'em hell Pods!

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I don't remember Terrero enough, so I couldn't vote for him. Lexi still hadn't adjusted yet either.

 

So it was a contest between Griffey (who knows the position well and still has a cannon), and Owens (who aside from the noodle arm is clearly the best among the remaining). I went with Owens.

 

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2009 -> 02:42 PM)
The Jamie Shields game. One of the most "out of nowhere" homers I can remember. Of course the biggest one like that will likely be shown during the Sox highlights tonight with our #9 hitter. Give 'em hell Pods!

Despite my annoyance with having to have him start in CF, thinking about watching his WS HR in person still makes me smile.

 

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 1, 2009 -> 08:03 PM)
Despite my annoyance with having to have him start in CF, thinking about watching his WS HR in person still makes me smile.

 

When he hit it, the first thing I was hoping for was a double. Never did I think he had enough power to get it out at that spot on the field.

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WHAT!?

 

I'm the only person who picked Griffey?

 

COME ON GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!********************************$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&:):):):):):):):)

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QUOTE (fathom @ May 1, 2009 -> 03:04 PM)
When he hit it, the first thing I was hoping for was a double. Never did I think he had enough power to get it out at that spot on the field.

And the crowd at the game was the same way. Semi-loud cheering, then a half second lull in shock, then out of control yelling.

 

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QUOTE (Reddy @ May 1, 2009 -> 04:05 PM)
WHAT!?

 

I'm the only person who picked Griffey?

 

COME ON GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!********************************$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&:):):):):):):):)

 

 

QUOTE (Felix @ May 1, 2009 -> 07:13 PM)
What idiot voted for Griffey?

 

 

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