Another Crede article

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From Bigleaguers.com

 

Crede focuses on team not personal goals

 

 

Quietly and effectively, Joe Crede goes about his job as third baseman for the Chicago White Sox.

In his first full season in the majors last year, he made just 14 errors, finishing fourth among American League third basemen in fielding with a .964 percentage.

 

He also overcame early-season struggles at the plate. Crede was batting .236 at the end of April, but erupted in August with a .353 average to go along with seven home runs and 18 RBI.

 

With 228 major-league games now to his credit -- 151 last season -- more will be expected from the former fifth-round draft pick, but he won't sweat it. It's not his way.

 

"I'm not a guy who likes to set personal goals," he told the Chicago Sun-Times. "I hate to set myself up. The only thing I am doing is going out there and doing whatever it takes to help out the team. If you go out there and do that, I'm sure you're going to leave yourself in a good position at the end of the season."

 

Always committed to hard work, Crede became a father for the first time in the offseason and the added responsibility might be just what the Jefferson City, Mo., resident needed.

 

"Yeah, I think so," Crede said. "I think it can help some guys. I know some guys who take [on-field struggles] home and will just dig themselves an even deeper hole when they do that. That's something you have to forget about. A new day is a new start and you have to forget about yesterday."

 

"He's even-keel all the time whether he has a good game or a bad game," agrees teammate Aaron Rowand said. "It doesn't matter, he's the same. I've lived with him a couple of times over the years and you know, I think that's one of the things that makes him so good."

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We all know Crede can play. What we haven't seen from him yet is a full season of consistent play...I have all the confidence in the world that this will be his coming out party...