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I think what you're missing is that most of us want Erstad in the OF, no question. But we think that an Erstad/BA/Dye OF is above and beyond better than Pods/Erstad/Dye. It takes a bit of pressure off Erstad up the middle, and Pods is atrocious out in LF. I don't think anyone here, except maybe the occasional blind one, would want Pods over Erstad in LF. The whole talk centers around us not really wanting to throw Mr. Bad Jump himself out in Left.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 11:55 PM) I just don't see it with Logan. I see him getting lit up again if he makes this team. Just out of curiosity, who would you rather see in place of Logan?

7-1 today 25-7 in the first round. Still I think its the best I've done at this point in a long time.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 10:37 PM) That, right there, gives us one of the worst defensive outfields that I can remember in years. Mercy! That won't matter, it will have 2 real GRINDERS out there for us, so all will be fine!!

QUOTE(TheBigHurt @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 10:18 PM) Alright, I haven't been on here much lately, so forgive me ignorance. WTF is all this s*** about BA not starting? Is it that stuff about him partying or what? I'm really puzzled as to why the hell Erstad would be starting CF instead of BA (not putting this injury into account). In not so subtle ways, Guillen already stated that, even prior to the injury today, BA was the odd man out this year. He doesnt want him to get sparse ABs off the bench(which I agree wouldn't help), and has a man crush for Erstad despite the fact that he hasn't played an efficient CF in years. So we will have Pods/Erstad/Dye as our defensive OF from left to right, with what most of us are guessing as Terrero as the 4th OFer off the bench.

If I had my choice, I'd go north with Logan, Haegar, Floyd, MacDougal, Thornton and Jenks in the 'pen. Lots of inexperience maybe, but gives us 2 longish guys in Haegar and Floyd, and some heat at the back end. Put Aardsma and Sisco in AAA to harness their control a bit.

Its an offensive slugfest betwen UCLA and Indiana, one to rival the Tennessee game from the 1st round!! OK maybe not, but god is it an ugly one.

QUOTE(South Side Fireworks Man @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 10:18 PM) That's pretty much how I see it and I was OK with that as long as I knew a healthy Anderson was in AAA playing everyday, ready to join the team if needed. Now, if Brian is indeed injured seriously, I'm not comfortable with the outfield stuation at all. At least we knew Brian could play major league defense in CF. Well if nothing else, it could be Terreros chance to really shine if he can handle MLB pitching at the plate. Seeing as we have so many eggs in the perverbial Brian Anderson basket in CF, it would be nice to see someone else step up, just in case.

I've fallen back in love with 2 beers: Newcastle and Grolsch(sp?) Seeing as my fiancee lives in the UK, I've grown to drink Grolsch there all the time, and Newcastle alot when here in the States. As for Waffle House...um eww? I wouldn't walk back into the Awful Waffle close to me if someone paid me to eat there.

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 09:55 PM) Shows what u know. Sox fans seem to have no clue how bad Erstad is at this point in his career. If he starts, we will be sorry. Heh, trust me...its not the outfield I want. Was a bit of sarcasm there. You won't find a bigger supporter of an Erstad/BA/Dye OF with Pods on the bench than me, but its not happening. Anderson is going to Charlotte, injury or not.

Asking how it affects BAs chances of making the 25 man roster have everything to do with the BA talk thats dominated the boards for a while now. Its pretty obvious that injury or no injury though, the roster in terms of OFers has been set for a while now.

Heh, BA had approximately 0% chance of being in Chicago to start the season even if he had hit for 2 cycles today, sadly. Yay for Pods/Erstad/Dye outfields!!

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Mar 17, 2007 -> 06:44 PM) That was Ozzie's fault. BA is our best option in CF. Give me a break. BA IS still the best CFer this team has, unless we just want to disregard defense totally for 2007. Even BA knows he is AAA bound by now. Sure, that swing looked pretty pisspoor, hell I'd be swinging bombs away at this point too if I knew my fate was decided regardless of what I did on the field.

And Vandy win gives me my first Elite 8 team gone from the tourney..damn you Wazzu!

I still don't understand how some of the masses can blindly follow and truly think that Pods/Erstad/Dye in the outfield gives this team its best chance to win. Maybe after they see that AWESOME positioning Pods uses...aka play on the track for every hitter, his limp noodle throwing prowess, and running in mud speed he possesses now, perhaps the truth will ring in? No, probably not...'tis more fun to blindly follow and believe in the ability of a guy who had one good season ever in LF, and a guy who hasn't played CF in years for CF.. WTG Oz! Shoulda just reassigned BA the first day of ST, we all knew it was going to happen anyways. No reason to put the best defensive players on the field or anything. Oh, thats right, as you said yesterday, with Uribe and Erstad up the middle, we're "alot better defensively". Yeah, ok.

And Arizonas crappy play kills my perfect Midwest bracket now! Shoulda known better than to take that team

Like I said, I

Hey, did you guys know that latin players don't walk? Just in case you've missed that so far...

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 16, 2007 -> 05:53 PM) Justin Stone is the freaky lovechild of Mack and Pods. HAHA, he did look a bit wired on something

I'm sorry, but Mack is my hero. Mack hits the way Pods should be hitting...to the right side and on the ground.

I'd like to see points off turnovers for Wisc in the 2nd half, and FG% in the 2nd half too. Of course, I'm way too lazy to find that myself!

Damn you Nevada!! Perfect region bracket will have to wait until 2008, unless Florida and Arizona hold up in the Midwest...

OK, we don't need Gooch hurt, unless theres a grinder out there on the FA market that can play 2B...

Pods, did you see what Mack did there?

Want To Buy a Creighton rebound =/ Um...what the hell was that Creighton gameplan for the last shot...