Mike Lupica on January 29, 2006: "You have to say that the Red Sox don't lose much offense replacing Johnny Damon with Coco Crisp, and pick up younger legs in the process."
2006 Crisp: .268/.319/.386, 6 hrs, 50 runs, 26 rbis. Played in 81 games.
2006 Damon: .296/.367/.510, 20 hrs, 91 runs, 67 rbis. Played in 91 games.
Mike Lupica on April 23, 2006: "In Boston they now think of Johnny Damon as the guy who used to play center for the Red Sox right before Cocoa [sic] Crisp."
In Boston, you know what they think of Johnny Damon right now? They think of Johnny Damon as the guy who just went 10-for-23 with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 2 homeruns, 6 runs scored, and 8 runs batted in during New York's five-game sweep of Boston.
You know what they think of Coco Crisp? 1-for-19 in the same series.
In Boston they now think they want Theo Epstein's head on a pole.
I suppose the discussion isn't over yet. Damon could start stinking out the joint and Crisp might start hitting .400 and win the 2006 World Series MVP. We'll all have to wait and see.
But the bottom line is this: Mike Lupica doesn't know what he's talking about.
2 comments:
Not sure where you got Damon's games played stat, but as of this posting, it should've been 116, not 91. I'd still take Damon over Crisp, though. Resoundingly.
Weird. Probably got runs confused with games played.
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