Pitching was the name of the game in the All Star festivities. Of course in order for pitching to dominate you have got to have great defense. That we saw, with the best example being the catch by the speedy Carl Crawford.
Crawford is one of those players that has put up consistent numbers for many years but was a relative unknown for many people until last year when the Rays became a legitimate team for the first time. The Rays seemed to come from nowhere to be the best Al team and came close to winning the World Series. Here are the numbers Crawford has accumulated . In his eight seasons Carl has picked up 1220 hits, scored 617 runs and stolen 346 bases. He has done all this with a career batting average of .295. Crawford has stolen 50+ bases 4 times and is on pace for 75-80 this season which will be a career high. He is fourth in all time steals amongst active players.
Last year the Rays were the surprise team, so I thought I would make my predictions for the playoffs this year. So here are my picks for 2009:
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Mariners
AL Wild Card: Angels
NL East: Phillies
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Giants
NL Wild Card: Doddgers
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
NL ROY : Colby Rasmus
AL MVP: Jason Bay
AL Cy Young: Josh Beckett
AL ROY: Rick Porcello
What do you think?
It's gonna be a great second half, I am looking forward to it!!!
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