QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 15, 2009 -> 09:10 AM)
BTW, is Ozzie questioning everyone's memory?
"I don't expect Brian to hit .350," Guillen said. "A lot of people forget we gave Brian all year long [in 2006] and he never [kept the job]. Now he's mature, he's a better player and he knows what he's doing. I don't expect him to be comfortable with being a backup outfielder. He should be better than that. He has an opportunity, and we'll see how he handles it."
I seem to recall BA lost his regular gig halfway through his rookie season.
I was looking at this the other day. I think his longest stretch of starts was 7 and that happened in August. So he was far from having the job all year.