A-Gon blames Fenway for his power outage

Forget last year. What was the excuse this year?

Not sure what the issue was this year, but the monster will definitely rob some homers from line drive hitters.

I wish I could get a tally on the number of wicked liners that Jim Rice banged off that wall back in his day.

Yeah. Adrian. Fenway is just awful for LH hitters. Like Williams, Yaz, Lynn, Boggs, etc. The fact is, Gonzalez does not need to apologize for his production in Boston. He just didn't play up to the contract. Take away the context of the cost to acquire him (Rizzo & Kelly) and the $$ to pay him, his production was more than ok.

If he's a line drive hitter, then yeah, the Green Monster will knock a few of those line drives back onto the ball field and 5 sounds like a good estimate.

Disappointing; I thought Gonzo was a class guy, but now we are seeing him look for excuses for his performance during his time in Boston.
Maybe this is why the Boston "media" didn't take to him?

......However, he probably gained a little in the batting average because of the wall too. I think if you look at one area of somebody's game, like home runs, you're really not going to get a complete picture of what somebody's been contributing to the game. I would not consider Gonzo to be a one dimensional player but more of player that takes what the pitcher gives him and works with it.

I'm pretty sure Fenway is considered a "hitter's park." All excuses, no game, this guy has.

.....seems to be all correct to me.......no controversy....red sox will be great again before the yanks who are doing the boston/philly thingy right now and dont yet know it.....at least red sox have a clena slate to move forward.....now that dodgers are done shopping, no more iditos out there to take away all the yanks garbage.....

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Originally posted 08:56 AM ET  08.28 by brotha68

Rice hit a heck of a lot over the wall too. Jim was outstanding. His year in 1978 is still an all time great.

Which reminds me that Bucky Dent hit one over the monster that year didn't he.

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Originally posted 01:58 PM ET  08.28 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

Which reminds me that Bucky Dent hit one over the monster that year didn't he.

never heard of him.....................

I just read where Dice K has been placed on waivers. It is interesting to note that he has a no trade clause.

Of course he has to blame something or someone. God forbid he take responsibility for himself.

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Originally posted 09:52 AM ET  08.28 by Yogi-Zen

......However, he probably gained a little in the batting average because of the wall too. I think if you look at one area of somebody's game, like home runs, you're really not going to get a complete picture of what somebody's been contributing to the game. I would not consider Gonzo to be a one dimensional player but more of player that takes what the pitcher gives him and works with it.

I agree with that. Sure he lost some HR's to the Monster, but he got a few singles and double that would have been flyouts in other parks.

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Originally posted 09:52 AM ET  08.28 by Yogi-Zen

......However, he probably gained a little in the batting average because of the wall too. I think if you look at one area of somebody's game, like home runs, you're really not going to get a complete picture of what somebody's been contributing to the game. I would not consider Gonzo to be a one dimensional player but more of player that takes what the pitcher gives him and works with it.

Very astute comment; you know baseball!

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He shoulda taken PEDs, like Manny and Ortiz..... Balls woulda been flying out of the park :-)

He doesn't yell or scream...he just texts.

that explains everything ....thanks for clearing that up Gonzo -----now you do ot have to scream you can just poison the Dodger clubhouse quietly like you did in San Diego so the Dodgers can quietly fade away out of the race for good