Sandoval puts personal glory ahead of team

[KamaAina]

http://www.csnne.com/boston-red-sox/sandoval-puts-personal-glory-ahead-team

In the seventh inning Monday night, with the Red Sox trailing 4-0, Sandoval hit a double to center and upon arriving at second base, pumped his fist furiously. He then got the attention of Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons and communicated that he wanted the ball as a keepsake for a personal milestone: career double 200....

Here were the Red Sox, about to drop their seventh game in a row, down by four runs, and Sandoval seemed fixated on collecting an in-game souvenir for a personal achievement.

Again, perhaps on another day, at another time, no one would have given this a second thought. To be fair, players often are notified by a team's PR staff about pending milestones, so that they're made aware.

But optics count these days. These Red Sox are, you may have noticed, not terribly well liked by the fan base these days. And demonstrations like the one put on by Sandoval Monday night only reinforce the perception that the current team cares more about personal glory than collective accomplishment.

Giants fan Nelson Muntz says:

[Auggie]

1. Fuck Sean McAdam. Let Pablo enjoy his keepsake.

[joeybee12]

2. Dumbest move ever by the Red Sox was signing this jackass

for a fortune and ruining the season in the process.

[hughee99]

5. I'll see your Pablo Sandoval and raise you a Carl Crawford.

They signed Crawford for more, for a longer period of time and he was less productive. We had to ship off Adrian Gonzalez just to get rid of him (and Beckett).

[joeybee12]

9. Ah yes, the Axis of Evil...

Probably Crawford was worse, they gave him so much because of "potential" alone whereas Panda has actually proven himself...as for Gonzalez and Becker, they were both good for a while, but neither gave a shit...good riddance.

[Auggie]

8. The dumb move was paying him so much ...

he's not selective enough at the plate to carry a team. He can be a valuable contributor though. There's no way the Giants win two of those World Series without him.

[joeybee12]

10. Yeah, but that was back when he gave a shit...

He doesn't anymore.

[Auggie]

11. What makes you thing he doesn't care?

[joeybee12]

12. When you give a shit, you focus...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2015/06/04/sloppy-might-kindest-word-describe-these-red-sox/iViCybowij7zKD7nyIc1bN/story.html

[Auggie]

13. He'll get better -- average is coming back up too. But you'll never get your $95 million's worth.

[joeybee12]

14. Definitely not...

And he wasn't what they needed...they needed pitching and they did squat during the off-season.

[hughee99]

3. Hell, the Sox should probably have a party for anyone who hits a double.

I don't have an issue with this. I have a problem with the hitters that aren't hitting and the pitchers that can't get anyone out. Panda's been far from our biggest problem this year.

[JonLP24]

4. Hitting the double certainly didn't hurt the team

I'm not a fan so not a big deal to me but its a long season, these individual things are normal.

[Brother Buzz]

6. .

[Capt. Obvious]

7. Sad