Comments on: Ed Crosby http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ennui Willie Keeler http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1154 Ennui Willie Keeler Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:46:39 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1154 <b><a></a>13.</b>  9: He's more like an ordinary, average guy. 13.  9: He’s more like an ordinary, average guy.

]]> By: Catfish326 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1153 Catfish326 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:30:05 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1153 <b><a></a>12.</b>  Also, Crosby was no Marty Perez. 12.  Also, Crosby was no Marty Perez.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1152 Josh Wilker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:21:29 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1152 <b><a></a>11.</b>  <a href="#10" rel="nofollow">10</a> : Crosby was good, but he was no Rob Picciolo. 11.  10 : Crosby was good, but he was no Rob Picciolo.

]]> By: Joe Romano http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1151 Joe Romano Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:31:19 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1151 <b><a></a>10.</b>  How did he manage to get released from an A's team that had been completely decimated by free agency losses? They went on to a 63-98 season. 10.  How did he manage to get released from an A’s team that had been completely decimated by free agency losses? They went on to a 63-98 season.

]]> By: sly jones http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1150 sly jones Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:44:15 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1150 <b><a></a>9.</b>  Something about this guy (the 'stache? the attitude?) reminds me of Joe Walsh. Perhaps Crosby is thinking, "Life's been good to me so far ..." 9.  Something about this guy (the ‘stache? the attitude?) reminds me of Joe Walsh.

Perhaps Crosby is thinking, “Life’s been good to me so far …”

]]> By: Catfish326 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1149 Catfish326 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:48:45 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1149 <b><a></a>8.</b>  He really did have a who gives a shit attitude. From Baseballlibrary.com: Light-hitting Crosby played 101 games as a Cardinal utility infielder in 1972, the only season in which he played in more than half of his team's games. His .217 batting average kept him on the bench. After a trade to the Angels in December 1976, he refused to report and was granted free agency. He signed with the A's but was released before the '77 season began. Career slugging %: .264 Wow. Does that blow. 8.  He really did have a who gives a shit attitude. From Baseballlibrary.com:

Light-hitting Crosby played 101 games as a Cardinal utility infielder in 1972, the only season in which he played in more than half of his team’s games. His .217 batting average kept him on the bench. After a trade to the Angels in December 1976, he refused to report and was granted free agency. He signed with the A’s but was released before the ’77 season began.

Career slugging %: .264

Wow. Does that blow.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1148 Josh Wilker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:33:35 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1148 <b><a></a>7.</b>  <a href="#6" rel="nofollow">6</a> : Oddly enough, I was an OK student in college. Troublingly bad in junior high and expellable in high school but OK in college. I went to a small state school on top of a mountain in northern Vermont, where the bar was set attainably low by a student body mainly interested in being inebriated and hurtling down nearby slopes on skis for a couple semesters before dropping out. 7.  6 : Oddly enough, I was an OK student in college. Troublingly bad in junior high and expellable in high school but OK in college. I went to a small state school on top of a mountain in northern Vermont, where the bar was set attainably low by a student body mainly interested in being inebriated and hurtling down nearby slopes on skis for a couple semesters before dropping out.

]]> By: paulz http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1147 paulz Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:24:26 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1147 <b><a></a>6.</b>  Just out of curiosity, before you spent your post-college years drinking yourself to a stupor to forget your dead-end job (which I possess) and failed dreams (which I feel coming on the horizons), did you also shut down at the most inopportune times? Say, when you have a 20 page paper due and a 15 page paper to revise, did you instead drink a handle of Captain with your friends and actually put together a puzzle? that you didn't actually finish? Who gives a shit indeed. Just curious about what may lie ahead... 6.  Just out of curiosity, before you spent your post-college years drinking yourself to a stupor to forget your dead-end job (which I possess) and failed dreams (which I feel coming on the horizons), did you also shut down at the most inopportune times? Say, when you have a 20 page paper due and a 15 page paper to revise, did you instead drink a handle of Captain with your friends and actually put together a puzzle? that you didn’t actually finish? Who gives a shit indeed.

Just curious about what may lie ahead…

]]> By: Ennui Willie Keeler http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1146 Ennui Willie Keeler Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:49:38 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1146 <b><a></a>5.</b>  I love that mid-70's Tribe uni. 5.  I love that mid-70′s Tribe uni.

]]> By: snydes http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1145 snydes Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:36:53 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/08/14/ed-crosby/#comment-1145 <b><a></a>4.</b>  Baseball-Reference has Ed down for only 1 steal in 8 attempts. But then, does it really matter? You would think someone who hit like Ed Crosby would cherish the opportunity to stand out there on first base. You would think getting gunned down at second would be the last thing on is mind. With that smile, I'd say Ed was part daredevil, part prankster. 4.  Baseball-Reference has Ed down for only 1 steal in 8 attempts. But then, does it really matter? You would think someone who hit like Ed Crosby would cherish the opportunity to stand out there on first base. You would think getting gunned down at second would be the last thing on is mind. With that smile, I’d say Ed was part daredevil, part prankster.

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