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My problem with Eckstein is that he, like other small, scrappy IFs is that they get way too much credit for what they do. For his entire career, he has an 88 OPS+ (OPS league and park adjusted, average is 100). His career high is a 103 but based on the press the dude gets you would never know it. He's even recieved MVP votes in two different years! Usually, those non-sluggers can make up for it by being able to steal a base or two, but he can't even do that.
His 'thing' is the bunt and people who don't understand that in most (please note I said most, not all) situations a bunt is a very bad move.
I had to live through years of Craig Counsell worship as a DBacks fan, Eckstein is the same thing.
Another thing, I'm not making excuses for the Tigers, they straight up sucked in that series.
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