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[Infield Infidel]

Left Field.

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After all the positions are in, the top vote-getters not previously selected will be accepted, with no more than 10 per position, until 57 players are selected.

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Fourteen players were nominated, under the poll choice limit of 20, so all players nominated are in the poll.

Edited by Infield Infidel, 27 June 2012 - 08:34 AM.

[pedro1918]

Thank you for including Yaz.

[Soxfan in Fla]

Ok who is the mouth breather that did not vote for Yaz?

[Bucknahs Bum Ankle]

Gotta be the same one who voted for Crawford.

[JMDurron]

5th place is an interesting race between relative longevity (O'Leary's 4 years/ 591 games), peak performance (Bay's 274/380/534 line over 200 games), and the big moment guy (Carbo's postseason HR despite primarily being a RF). I think Bay would be blowing O'Leary away if O'Leary had just played a decade or two earlier, but there really seems to be no obviously wrong answer.

Edited by JMDurron, 28 June 2012 - 07:19 AM.

[Bucknahs Bum Ankle]

O'Leary's also got the big moment postseason HR thing going for him for Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS. Looks like he's staked out a solid lead over Bay, Carbo, and Harper (the speed guy), as he should.

Edit: In case anyone's too young to remember or somehow never knew about it:

O'Leary's greatest moment of his Major League career took place on October 11, 1999, in the deciding game 5 of the ALDS versus the Cleveland Indians. Boston was trailing 5-2 going into the top of the third inning. With runners on second and third, Indians starter Charles Nagy chose to intentionally walk Garciaparra, who had homered in the first, to load the bases for O'Leary. O'Leary responded by roping the ball over the right field fence, for the first grand slam in Red Sox post-season history. When the seventh inning began, the game was tied 8-8. The Indians again, chose to intentionally walk Garciaparra to get to O'Leary, this time with Paul Shuey on the mound. O'Leary responded with a very similar swing to his grand slam in the 3rd inning, hitting a line drive shot over the right field fence for a 3 run home-run to help seal the victory and advance to the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

http://en.wikipedia..../Troy_O%27Leary

Edited by Bucknahs Bum Ankle, 29 June 2012 - 12:28 PM.

[MoGator71]

I don't remember a couple of those guys playing LF. Reggie "The Hit Cat" Jefferson would have been an adventure, and the thought of DLew's noodle bat starting in a corner is horrifying.

[Infield Infidel]

A little more on Tommy Harper, who had two great years (112 OPS+ twice) and one terrible year (76 OPS+) for the Sox. He's in the Red Sox HoF, and until Ellsbury stole 70 bases in 2009, Harper had the team's single season record with 54 in 1973 (which led the league). he also was a terrible fielder in CF but above average in LF.

I think he's the only Sox who also played for the Seattle Pilots (where he stole 73 games in 1969).

[Buckner's Boots]

I gave Carbo points for being a Buffalo Head.

[Infield Infidel]

Voting closed

Manny Ramirez 66 votes
Carl Yastrzemski 65
Jim Rice 62
Mike Greenwell 55
Troy O'Leary 29
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Bernie Carbo 19