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Originally Posted by zukes
Haha, Joe Carter. He was a product of the RBI being overrated. He was a good player who had one legendary moment. I remember him, much like Vernon Wells later, seemingly always killing rallies with a bases loaded pop up or GIDP.
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Heh, yeah. He was one really good year, hit behind better players, and had a couple of great moments. Folk thought that he was better then he was because... dingers! Ribeyes!... but he didn't do enough to warrant his popular stature. The real issue with him was that he was overrated by Cito. Cito would sit Olerud so Carter could play even though Olerud was easily a better hitter (Even young fan me could see that).
Fans can overrate Goins as much as they want... just so long as Gibby doesn't. I never got the "put Tulo at 1st" Tulo is a really good defender, he's so smooth out there. Goins defense vs. Tulo's defense is sizzle vs. steak, Tulo is as good if not better... he's just not flashy about it.