Gregory Pratt

This is bulls***!

Come on.

Are you kidding me? Terrible approach. Also: are you kidding me? Let's go Go-Go White Sox was lost on the public until 2005? I didn't know that.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 08:08 PM) Maybe Ozzie is just smarter than all of us, maybe he's just giving Durbin a false sense of confidence so that the next time we face him we bring the real game and we rock him... nah, hes not that smart. That'd be stupid. Let's go White Sox. Heads out of the asses.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 06:38 PM) and how do you know he is? That's the easiest argument in the world to make. There's no evidence at all throughout the duration of his career that he's taken any kind of performance enhancing drugs at all. How does he get his figure about 50% of players currently or previously juicing? Canseco said something like, "More than half" or something about who was juicing. I think it was Canseco. However, I don't think Alex is a juicer, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2007 -> 10:30 AM) Brian Anderson is not better than him. Erstad has shown he is better defensively, and is producing as a lead off man. Truth

I know a lot of cops like that. A lot.

Brian Anderson sucked in Kansas City last night.

Good job. Now keep working to prove that you're not a headcase.

I'd give it to Japan; they'll give it to China. It'll be awhile for Australia.

Let's say the game doesn't happen -- will they throw Durbin out there tomorrow? I doubt it but I'd certainly hope so!

That picture of those two Royals fan under the umbrella is really beautiful.

I wish more of you who like Erstad/like him better than Erstad would speak up. Would make me feel less alone/crazy.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:49 PM) I'm confused....I'm basically supporting everything you're saying about Anderson. Seemed like you were using the "not enough playing time 'cause of Ozzie, though I won't blame Ozzie," excuse. Sorry. Great to agree. Good job Erstad.

Way to go BA. I'm rooting for you. Really.

That's enough on Anderson from me tonight. Time will tell. He sure hasn't helped himself tonight.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:41 PM) And the problem is I don't think Ozzie will give him that chance. It's not a knock on Ozzie. Anderson sucked last year, and him and Ozzie clearly don't see eye-to-eye. He's had chances to show improvement and he hasn't shown any IMO. Even when he had a good month (July, August) he didn't look any better. You know better than that. He's bad. Right. I disagree. He didn't look different at all. Still same poor approach and swing, IMO, and he went back to form in September. I've long said that I wouldn't bet against him if sent to Texas. I don't buy that he'd succeed in Minnesota, though.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:41 PM) I'm still waiting to hear where he's unwilling to be helped. It's conjecture. Sitting around watching TV instead of reviewing pitchers; all of the buzz about his attitude from Ozzie; the buzz about Brandon that he was "uncoachable"; the fact that he hasn't changed in a year. It's clearly mental as well as physical.

I don't care if Dye belts 40 again and drives in 115. I want no part of him next year or in the next few years. He's slow as hell now and I don't want him getting slower and older in the next three-five years here.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:38 PM) Your last sentence is why people get on you. What says that he'll never fix it? I say it because no one else will. If he's to fix his career he's to make serious mental and physical adjustments that he hasn't shown himself capable of making in the last year.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:36 PM) The frustrating thing about Brian is that it sure seems like his swing can be fixed. He's hit at every level before, and he's young enough. If it's an attitude problem, then it's his problem, but what are the coaches working with him on? You mean he might just have an attitude problem and be uncoachable (like his dear friend) and not prepare well enough? Oh! PS: there are lots of guys who can hit in the minors and then blow in the major leagues. He's one of them.

He should be getting ABs in AAA. What I was saying -- and I think it was clear -- is that he has never made adjustments. Always has had the same crap approach and crap swing. Probably always will.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:30 PM) What did Keith say that was wrong? We've all known since Brian came up that his swing was pretty damn ugly, but he did make some strides offensively in the 2nd half, he has/had a ways to go but he did improve a bit. Getting one start a week is only going to make things worse, so don't pretend like it doesn't. You give a guy with a long swing only occasional at bats and that swing is just going to get longer, it's that simple. Brian needs to be in aaa right now. His approach and swing is crap whether he's playing every day or every thirty days.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Apr 24, 2007 -> 10:27 PM) Someone tell him it's a baseball. You're the best. -- Great job Konerko. Glad to see it's not 2003 still. I was getting worried.