does trot nixon suck? sheffield sure does

i was making my daily rounds on some of the sox blogs when i came across comments by a couple of people who are not very happy with trot nixon's performance. amy of red sox bat girl blog said "...I would sell him so fast his head would spin" and "...he sucks donkey balls." as i wrote in my reply, i only watch 1-2 games a week but hadn't noticed any serious flaw in his game, either offensively or defensively. i decided to find some evidence of his poor playing by checking out his stats a few places (mostly on cnnsi's stat page) and found the following:
his offensive numbers look good .298 BA is 18th in the AL and 3rd among RF,
he ranks 12th in the AL for OBP and 14th for OPS.
as far as defense goes, it looks like he's ranked 3rd behind vlad guerrero and ichiro.

it wasn't until i went to his month by month totals that i noticed any significant decline. some of his april/may/june numbers are as follows:
BA : .281/.329/.276 (not terrible)
OBP: .429/.402/.304
BB : 17/9/3 (in part explains the drop in OBP)

so it appears that may was a very good month for trot and june some drop off.

to me, on paper anyway, things seem to be pretty well in order. especially if he increases his BA slightly and definitely walks more.

what i am curious about are the opinions of others out there that think trot sucks. those comments were the first i had read maligning nixon and i read sox blogs all day long. he has had injuries and doesn't start against lefties but i don't think that's the reason amy (and others) think he sucks.

my opinion is that he is a solid (at very least, plenty adequate right fielder) with a clubhouse presence that it every bit as important as guys like damon and captain tek. those of you that watch more consistently should be able to tell me what the stats do not.

on the topic of right fielders, i am sure happy we don't have a guy like gary sheffield. i detest the yankees as a team as much as the next sox fan but really don't have much animosity against any individual player with two exceptions. 1. i think tanyon sturtze is a little punk, local boy or not, he should have had his ass kicked by gabe kapler last year. and 2. i can't stand sheffield. he's a little bitch. from crying when pedro hit him with a pitch, to that lame incident near pesky pole, to whining about his contract negotiations and now his bitching about being the subject of trade rumors involving the mets. he's such a loser, a miserable loser.
joyofsox has tons more on his selfish behavior over the years.