Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 11, 2008
Leadership, not Leadoffship

Orlando Cabrera went four for five today, raising his OBA to .299. That's a sad number. The Chicago Tribune lets Cabrera tells us, however, that he wasn't hired to get on base:

"The way I look at it is my whole career I was brought into places when they have something to fix, and once the problem is fixed, they move me on because someone else requires my service," Cabrera said Sunday.

"They needed a guy that could relax things when they went wrong and show the kids with a lot of ability how things should be done so they can use their talent. Then I move on to another place."

With enough time, Cabrera believes he can improve the Sox's leadership.

"I think these guys last year, they didn't handle it well because [look at] all of the talent they have here," he said. "It was just a matter of putting it all together and knowing how to win ballgames without having to score a lot of runs.

"I don't think I'm the only one [who could help], but you can ask me that same question in a couple more months and we'll see where we are."

Because, you know, Thome and Dye and Konerko and Buehrle never played for winners and have no idea how to win low scoring games. With an on-base average like that, Cabrera is doing his part to keep the score low.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:14 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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I'm sure if Nick Swisher didn't suck so much Cabrera wouldn't be batting leadoff.

Posted by: Bandit at May 12, 2008 08:25 AM
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