Comments on: He Is The Last Great Public Figure On This Team

By: joneser

joneser — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:04:02 +0000

damn, wise and anderson don’t work out so they bring back scotty? now they’re just laughing at us.

By: Pander

Pander — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:02:09 +0000

For quite a few years we’ve had no true pinch-running solution, which for the slowpokes we’ve fielded has actually been a necessity. Pablo Ozuna was our best option for what felt like forever. I like what I see in Lillibridge, he did a great job scoring on a shallow pop. With him, the one great strength I saw in Owens, situational pinch-running, is now unnecessary. We’re slow, but we don’t need to keep TWO “Speed is my best friend!” players.

Anderson is the only true CFer we have who can hit balls into the outfield. Let him hit .235, so long as he knocks lefties out and maintains stellar defense. The Sox waited so patiently on Crede to finally break .230, what’s so much different in this situation?

I think Skanberg hits the nail on the head in this case. The Legend of Aaron Roward, gutsily diving for everything, versus Anderson’s easy gliding under flyballs (since he doesn’t NEED to pour everything into making the catch). Sigh. Ozzie’s team. Will we be re-signing Sandy Alomar and Carl Everett in July too?

By: WIK

WIK — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:16:15 +0000

Nice summary of the situation, and I like the throwback to Rowand. He definitely left a hole that has yet to be filled.

It’s Brian Anderson’s job to lose now, especially now they’ve determined Wise is not a leadoff man (didn’t we all know this?). If he can be solid at the plate (not even great) I think he’ll keep the job for the rest of the year.

I also hope when they do throw Owens in there they don’t lead him off. He doesn’t need any help failing.

By: Andrew Reilly

Andrew Reilly — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:20:55 +0000

You would think of the two, successful reclamation projects on the pitching staff would be much more difficult to have success with than the quest for a decent-fielding, decent-hitting center fielder. And yet, turning scrap-heap arms around has become one of the club’s strong points while Brian Anderson becomes the Rex Grossman of the South Side. Hilarious.

By: B2theD

B2theD — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:32:13 +0000

Pander, you’re preaching to the choir.

By: Pander

Pander — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:36:01 +0000

Oof.

I’ve never, never, never understood why they didn’t just stick with Brian Anderson. I’ve never understood the need for Junior. I’ve never understood why Jerry Owens gets at bats.

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I just don’t get the White Sox sometimes. Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen won in 2005, and I guess that means everything, but don’t you just want to smack them in the back of the head with a rolled-up newspaper sometimes?