...that I have just set up Bobby Crosby to be the AL MVP, yeah?

in the other thread, but in the end Rene Descartes said it best:

                               Crosbito ergo suck

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but.

"Bobby Crosby, even during his healthy year(s), didn’t show even a flash of this quality"

Isnt quite true. In 2005 after he came back in June he was hitting above 300 for a good 2 months. He got hurt again late in August and wasnt heard from again since then. But he has good for those two months.

I want to write like bbg.

good stuff.

This is a tough one for me, because I'll support a player unless he's flat-out dogging it (not to suggest that Crosby doesn't have your support, bbg).

At the same time I've cringed way too many times when Crosby has strolled to the plate in a critical spot of a game. Then again I've done the same with Senor Glove de Oro.

While I agree that a healthy Harden outdistances a healthy Crosby, and is more important to our overall success, I'd like to reserve judgement until BC can actually get in a full (for him) season.

Let's not forget what injuries can do to a player's confidence also. And surely Crosby knows what's being said about him; that can't help either.

Some players have the makeup to rise above such things. It doesn't appear that Crosby is one of them.

in the poll.  Doesn't sound real.

guys who look like they've got all the tools but somehow just never seem to be able to put it all together. I think maybe Crosby's major league lineage and all the support from the A's organization may be working against him, making him feel like he's destined to do well, instead of like a guy who's got to scratch and claw to hold onto his job. And remember this about about Geren and the orginization, if they ever publically give up on him he'll have no trade value at all, even though it's not like he has much now.

if anyone, in that probably no front page writer has been as negative about Crosby's past, present, and future as I have been. But I stand by the analysis because 1-2 good months scattered in among failure does not warrant a lot of praise or hope. Remember Kevin Maas? I didn't think so. How 'bout that Colby Lewis retiring 24 in a row? Uh-huh.

Crosby is a poor hitter with poor mechanics and a complete inability to adjust. As a result he consistently hits between .230-.245 with a putrid OBP. The guy's a good fielder. Unfair?

True, he has had high expectations and failed to deliver.  His defensive lapses to start last season combined with the spiking when he was turning it around at the plate definitely was the last straw for much of AN.  His inability to hit the ball all over the field or adjust to where he's pitched is a problem.  But, I do believe he's a team player.  We were devoid of power last year, and he clearly didn't want to adjust his approach.  You would think that Ty would teach the situational hitting, but for whatever reason, we never saw the results.
Would he benefit from a change a scenery?  Luckily, he didn't have to change teams in order to get it.  I still see talent to explode at 28.  Will new strength coach preach flexibility and will he develop a veteran savvy to not hurt himself on the field?  (Not sacrificing his bare hand, adjust his stride beating out a throw to first, swinging too hard).  In the post-steroid era, his 20 HR power at SS could be enough to scratch out a decent career even at a lowly .240 BA.

You know, with all of Crosby's "Free-Time" over the past 3+ Seasons, you would think that he might learn something just by watching.  But he hasn't.

During the Angels series last year (When his hand/wrist was broken), I noticed he was FINALLY standing closer to the plate.  He also layed down a nice bunt to get something started.  It was great to see.

So, while most baseball players are making adjustments on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Crosby makes an adjustment every 1600+ Plate Appearances, and 490+ Games.