Manny's Defense?
Why does everyone think it is so bad. Hes really a good fielder. He makes that 1 or 2 goofy plays a year and everyone thinks he sucks. He plays the wall better than anyone in a long time. He gets a lot of outfield assists too. Everyone is always all over the guy though. I just dont get it.
My all time favorite Manny play is when he cut off the ball thrown by Johnny Damon on the inside the park Home Run. I mean we all know Damon cant throw. But to make such a bad throw that Manny had to cut it off.
Update:Yes Erich i did read your entire post. You said the reason he gets his assists is because he plays long stop.That is completley false. If he was so shallow then they wouldnt try to run. Im not insulting myself by comparing the 2. Vlad has a better arm but Manny has more assists. Which would you rather? The numbers dont lie. So dont come on here and say Manny is servicable but no where near good. Manny is a very good outfielder, You must either be a Yankee fan or a Red Sox hater cause all you do on here is bash the Sox without knowing your stuff.
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Don't get me started...I defend Manny's defense all the time...he is a good fielder minus a couple plays a year and he is getting better. Not to mention the fact that he has one of the best arms in the league. I wouldn't want anyone else in left for the Red Sox...he is one of the best at playing the green monster's crazy caroms.
To the guy who says he isn't going to gun someone out at home...are you nuts? Have you ever watched Manny? He throws people out at home and people trying to extend a single all the time...Manny has one of the best arms in the league!
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If you don't think Manny has a gun ask Jeter when he tried to turn a single into a double. Manny has one of the best arms in all of baseball and he is extremely accurate. Vlad is great also but to sit there and imply Manny doesn't have a great arm is just baseball retarded!
I wouldn't call him a good fielder, but he's serviceable.
He plays way too far in, I don't care how well he plays the caroms off the monster, and Francona supposedly asked him to move and he won't. There is no reason why he's cutting off the other OF's throws either. That's the job of the 2B or the SS. That's why he gets assists, he's playing long-stop, not left field.
That's why he's hated on for his D. He's okay, but nowhere near "good".
I don't know how shneck called him lazy. He lifts every day. EVERY DAY, going back to when he was on the Indians. Call him what you want, but the guy is definitely not lazy by any definition of the word.
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I told you how he got those assists. Did you read my entire post? What's your reasoning now?
Vlad has a gun for an arm. Please don't insult yourself by comparing the two.
Manny is a very underrated outfielder.People judge him by his mistakes only, when he gets so few if any a year.He knows how to play the field, at Fenway,Yankee Stadium,Blue Jays Stadium, etc.You name the field, and Manny has himself right where he needs to play.He still has an arm on him, and can still throw guys out.No one can come on here and talk **** about this man's talents.He's a great outfielder and hitter.And Erich S, stop coming on here and acting like you know ANYTHING about the Red Sox.Your making yourself look stupid.
Manny is a good fielder occassionally. He is the best at playing LF at Fenway in the league. But he's not going to make a diving catch like Coco or gun some one out at home like Vlad.
I agree people underestimate Mannys defense! im a huge manny fan because he doesnt have to try to be an allstar. He is prolly one of the lazyest players of all time but he still makes the all star game most years! he is truly entertaining!
I didnt mean lazy I just meant he doesnt hardly run after the ball if it gets by him. My fault on calling him lazy. I meant it just comes natural to him to play the game!
he isn't bad on defense. it just looks like he doesn't try. someone like barry bonds is an awful left fielder.