Crawford reflects on career with Panik
Former Giant, `locker neighbor' retired at 31
The question put Brandon Crawford in an awkward position. Was Joe Panik his favorite doubleplay partner he's teamed up with up the middle?
“It's hard, when you're playing with somebody currently,” Crawford said, motioning to the locker a few spots to his right. “I really like playing with Thairo (Estrada).”
No other player, however, paired up with Crawford to turn as many double plays or shared as many innings on the middle of the dirt than Panik, the onetime first-round draft pick and 2014