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Saw this on the SOSH Red Sox Forum in regards to Crawford's early season struggles:


Crawford's slow start: It's nothing new




It's happened before.

* In 2006, he started out 10-for-44 with no extra-base hits in his first 11 games, a .227/.306/.227/.533 clip.

* In 2008, Crawford began 10-for-49 with no extra-base hits in his first 11 games for a .204/.236/.208/.444 line.

* In 2009, after going 4-for-8 in his first two games (at Fenway), he was just 9-for-50 in his next 12 games. His collective ratios to start the year: .222/.250/.333/.583 with 15 strikeouts and just one walk.


As we all know, things turned out just fine.

* In 2006, Crawford broke out with an 8-for-13 stretch over 3 games vs the Royals and Red Sox. From April 15 on, he hit .311/.352/.502/.854, but along the way he endured three 1-for-14 stretches and a 1-for-22 slump. Final line: .305/.348/.482/.830

* In 2008, he woke up by hitting in 12 straight games going 22-for-53, a .415/.407/.660/1.068 stretch. That raised his overall line to .314/.324/.441/.765 by April 25. He did regress from that lofty level, but he was hampered by a finger injury that cost him 43 games down the stretch. He didn't bat once after August 9. Again, he had several other bumpy runs: Three 1-for-12s, Two 1-for 14s, a 1-for-18 and a 1-for-28. FInal line: .273/.319/.400/.718

* In 2009, Carl rose from the dead by going 10-for-20 over his next 5 games. Like a broken record, other droughts came and went throughout the year: 1-for-12, 1-for-14, 3-for-30 and 3-for-37. Despite those cold spells, Crawford hit .314/.376/.467/.843 from April 22 on. Final line: .305/.364/.452/.816
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