Jay

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 09:23 PM) At Home: http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player...&statType=1 Sweet Jesus! Second base has more reds than Senator McCarthy's worst nightmares!

QUOTE(Shadows @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 02:04 PM) So what You don't know what Erstad is going to do this year, he could turn it around or he might not. whose to say Konerko isn't gonna have a year like he did in what, 2003 where he sucked it up big time.. All im saying is no one is hitting right now, so lets just wait and see what happens Erstad should be the starter because we don't know what he's going to do? That's really a glowing recommendation. We don't know what Joe Borchard will do either, but I'm comfortable with him being elsewhere, rather than being handed a starting job here that he never earned.

QUOTE(Shadows @ Apr 22, 2007 -> 01:38 PM) Erstads been pretty clutch this series, how about we wait a little while before we start throwing players away.. Dye and Konerko next to go? They aren't hitting any better Erstad 2000-2006: .320 OBP with no power Dye 2000-2006: .335 OBP with better than average power Konerko 2000-2006: .353 OBP with power on the league leader board most years Erstad last year: .221/.279/.326 for a .605 OPS Dye last year: .315/.385/.622 for a 1.007 OPS Konerko last year: .313/.381/.551 for a .932 OPS Not a valid comparison. Dye and Konerko have a history of all-star caliber play. Erstad has a history of good years 7, 9, and 10 years ago (good year defined as breaking an OPS of at least .800). He'd be an awesome backup. It's a shame he's so grossly misused.

It's the only way to get him off of the field. I don't really have anything against Erstad. I'd like Erstad as a fourth OF and backup 1B. I wouldn't mind using the rare managerial trade to ship Ozzie to anywhere on Earth, either. I'm tired of having a manager that thinks what "the team needs" is an automatic grounder hit right to the second baseman every at-bat with weak-to-mediocre defense in center field. Anyone else believe that Ozzie is watching Erstad's game tape from 2000? I can't believe that I spent all of 2005 thinking that Ozzie and "grinding" was part of the reason we won. I feel dirty!