Comments on: Paxton Crawford and the downside of Red Sox Nation http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/06/21/paxton-crawford-and-the-downside-of-red-sox-nation/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Sox Blog http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/06/21/paxton-crawford-and-the-downside-of-red-sox-nation/#comment-36 Sox Blog Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:41:27 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/06/21/paxton-crawford-and-the-downside-of-red-sox-nation/#comment-36 <strong>The steroid fallout hits home...</strong> ... The steroid fallout hits home…

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]]> By: Nordberg http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/06/21/paxton-crawford-and-the-downside-of-red-sox-nation/#comment-35 Nordberg Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:52:17 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/06/21/paxton-crawford-and-the-downside-of-red-sox-nation/#comment-35 Lest I be accused of being a Red Sox apologist ... A cursory look through the Red Sox Web site reveals that only a handful of players who would have been Crawford's teammates were on the 2004 World Series team. (No Damon, Ortiz, Schilling, Foulke.) And only four are still with the team: Varitek, Nixon, Ramirez, Wakefield. But a glance at the names from the 2000 and 2001 teams sent up a few red flags with me. (Naming names would be imprudent, and Seth is responsible for the content of this site. I won't libel anyone.) But this is what registered with me: Players who made a quick splash and then disappeared and players who signed on at the end of their careers and were gone in a year or two. Given that, I would be surprised to learn that key members of the championship team were connected to Paxton's HGH. The current management made a lot of roster changes when it took over in 2002, and character was an issue. Given those changes, I doubt this will have any more impact on the Red Sox now than Grimsley's connection to the Yankees. Probably less. That said, I, too, will be interested to see how this unfolds. We long-time Red Sox fans care about the game and demand accountability. Lest I be accused of being a Red Sox apologist …
A cursory look through the Red Sox Web site reveals that only a handful of players who would have been Crawford’s teammates were on the 2004 World Series team. (No Damon, Ortiz, Schilling, Foulke.) And only four are still with the team: Varitek, Nixon, Ramirez, Wakefield. But a glance at the names from the 2000 and 2001 teams sent up a few red flags with me.
(Naming names would be imprudent, and Seth is responsible for the content of this site. I won’t libel anyone.)
But this is what registered with me: Players who made a quick splash and then disappeared and players who signed on at the end of their careers and were gone in a year or two.
Given that, I would be surprised to learn that key members of the championship team were connected to Paxton’s HGH. The current management made a lot of roster changes when it took over in 2002, and character was an issue. Given those changes, I doubt this will have any more impact on the Red Sox now than Grimsley’s connection to the Yankees. Probably less.
That said, I, too, will be interested to see how this unfolds. We long-time Red Sox fans care about the game and demand accountability.

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