Posted on August 29, 2007
Filed Under New York Yankees, Red Sox, MLB | 3 Comments
Are there any players playing for a contending team with a greater combination of salary and talent that look less interested in playing baseball than Bobby Abreu and JD Drew? Pretty much all season, and for that matter the entire decade both of these players have irritated front offices and fans with their lacksadasical manner on the field.
After wearing out his welcome in Philly, Abreu came to New York at the deadline and played well enough for two months to cause the Yankees to give up Gary Sheffield. This season, while Sheffield has enhanced his reputation as a raving lunactic by stating MLB favored Latin players over African-American since they were easier to control and than twice stating Joe Torree treated black players differently all the while sporting a unique Hitler mustache, the guy has remarkably continued to be a monster offensive force. Meanwhile Abreu has lollygagged through the season, occasionally showing an offensive spurt. On Monday, in the early stages of a 16-0 shellacking by Detroit, Abreu pulled up on a ball causing Melky Cabrera to make an ill-advised dive and keeping the Tigers circling the bases.
JD Drew meanwhile has been nothing but bad in Boston. After signing a much maligned 5-year $70 million deal, Drew has put up a stunningly poor 7 home runs and .749 OPS in 382 at bats. Drew and his horrible play were on display Tuesday night as he came up againt Yankee phenom Joba Chamberlain in the 8th, down by two with two runners on. In a spot where a big hit could pretty much bury the Yankees for the year, Drew went to 3-2 before being totally dominated on a slider. The problem? He never took the bat off of his shoulder! Drew just stood there, content to try and work a walk in a situation where Boston NEEDED him to take a cut and at least TRY and deliver the big hit. Instead up stepping up Drew, took five close pitches before going down on pathetic half swing. This is way JD Drew is and continues to be a loser baseball player - a guy once touted as a “Mickey Mantle” type player who has bounced around the league cashing checks and winning nothing.
Posted on August 15, 2007
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