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[Balta1701]

Harold and John have never even heard of Brian Anderson, I'll almost guarantee you that.  That's what makes everything they say so funny, that's the main beef I have with espn, their analysts just dont do any research.

And watch, in the preseason "who will be the rookie of the year" picks in the AL, at most 1 person will pick BA, and he'll put up better numbers than 1/2 of the people that get their names thrown out 10 times. Then he'll finish 2nd to Bobby in that award.

[RockRaines]

Harold and John have never even heard of Brian Anderson, I'll almost guarantee you that.  That's what makes everything they say so funny, that's the main beef I have with espn, their analysts just dont do any research.

East Coast, come on, A-row went to the phillies. All of a sudden, thome is bad and A-row is GOD. Remember when we played the Yankees? A-rod called him Rowland, and they acted like he came out of nowhere to play well in CF. We cant expect these guys to know EVERYTHING about our team, especially since they are hoping we were a flash in the pan and they dont have to learn about us even more. At this point the White Sox are a summary in a pre-show packet of information to these guys and thats it.

[Rowand44]

And to be honest, its not there fault. I have never watched BBTN for White Sox news/highlights. During the regular season, they probably watched a total of 25-30 innings of White Sox baseball. These guys have to cover 25 teams(Im sure they didnt see an inning of the Rockies, Royals, ect.. and thats not that easy.

 

Fact of the matter is, 95% know more about the Sox then these guys, plain and simple. If you take BBTN for what it is, getting highlights from the days action, and finding out about who went where, its a good program.

That's a good point and I do watch bbtn every night during the season for highlights. Their analysts could do a little more though, atleast before they say somethign without knowing what they're talking about, they can take the time to research the subject a little bit. Like you said though, I watch bbtn for highlights, not for analysis.

[RockRaines]

When BA surpasses A-row HR total from last year in the first half of the season, Im sure someone will notice.

[Balta1701]

When BA surpasses A-row HR total from last year in the first half of the season, Im sure someone will notice.

Sadly, it will only be us.

[AWhiteSoxinNJ]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

[Milkman delivers]

Damn, my bubble is completely burst now. Brian Anderson can't be good because someone said so.

[fathom]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

 

[RibbieRubarb]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

 

What's your basis for this?

[KevHead0881]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

 

Thanks for filling us in.

 

Thing about the Rowand love from the BBTN dopes is that these guys only see the highlights. And, of course, ARow did appear on an occasional web gem. For all they know, the guy was the second coming of Willie Mays. What they didn't see a whole lot of was the painfully inconsistant hitting, and the occasional bad read on a fly ball.

 

Don't get me wrong, I loved the guy and thought he was a decent player. But if we go into the tank next year, I'll have a hard time believing that it'll be due to the absence of Aaron Rowand.

[Chisoxfn]

Your right on that. However, only Sox fans, or real hardcore fans are going to know what a Brian Anderson brings to the table with the glove. When the guy watching in Idaho sees the Sox lost Aaron Rowand, and Harold and Kruk make a big deal about his D being lost, that guy is going to beleive the stooges.

 

O well, thats how it works sometimes. I expect Brian Anderson to make a name for himself this season anyway, so hopfully we wont have to worry about it.

plus think of it. How hard would it be for the analysts to watch a whole bunch of every team. They have to focus on certain teams more so than others. Its not like in football. When a set of announcers is going to announce the Bears or someone else, they have a full week and are able to watch quite a bit of film (if they want) to catch up and be pretty well prepared to talk about a team.

 

Its just a lot harder in baseball, you have so many games played everyday and so many teams.

[GreatScott82]

This is what KW wants. ESPN thinks the Sox are done. That the team is basically set. He has once again flew under the radar. KW is NOT done. Expect the un-expected this week. Will Brain Anderson really be the starting CF? Or has Kenny have something else up his sleeve? I think he has something up his sleeve, but thats just me.

[Controlled Chaos]

I met the him at the allstar game...can we move on to another team??

 

[witesoxfan]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

 

lol

[SoxFan1]

Holy s***...is it just me or is the Met's mascot a clone of Bobby Valentine?

 

[AnthraxFan93]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, I don't think Brian Anderson is a player....Hopefully they trade for Pierre.

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The only trade that is going down is for the great one.. Orlando Cabera..

 

 

Sorry I just had to..

[greasywheels121]

Holy s***...is it just me or is the Met's mascot a clone of Bobby Valentine?

 

 

Just you.

[sayitaintso]

What's your basis for this?

I'd like to know also.

[AWhiteSoxinNJ]

My reason is that in the games I say from him this year, he didn't look that good and his swing was terrible. Plus everyone on this board feels Owens is higher on the depth charts then Anderson to begin with. I'd rather go with experience over a rookie, for this season.

[Gene Honda Civic]

Let them slobber all over these other teams, they were wrong before and chances are they will be wrong again.

 

By the way as I mentioned to my underground friend this morning I don't think anything will happen with Bill Mueller until after the arbitration deadline becuase it would cost draft choices to sign him now ... he is a Group A.

And what's the deadline to offer Arbitration? Dec 7th? or is it another month, like early January?

[RockRaines]

My reason is that in the games I say from him this year, he didn't look that good and his swing was terrible.  Plus everyone on this board feels Owens is higher on the depth charts then Anderson to begin with.  I'd rather go with experience over a rookie, for this season.

hmmmmm, you'd be hard pressed to prove that EVERYONE thinks that Owens in higher on the depth chart. You are talking about KW's first round pick from 2003. He had been able to adapt and suceed at every level we have placed him. So what makes you think his swing is terrible? His small sample size this year? If that amount of at-bats makes a player, what kind of player was Konerko after than many this year? I believe that they would have similar numbers with BA having more power, am I wrong? If you want to really evaluate what kind of player Anderson is, why dont you take a peak at his minor league performance over a full season instead of sampling a couple of a bats to try and prove your bias? I believe in our scouting dept, Ozzie, and KW, and I hold their opinions much higher than your uninformed, uneducated assessment of Brian Anderson.

[SSH2005]

My reason is that in the games I say from him this year, he didn't look that good and his swing was terrible.  Plus everyone on this board feels Owens is higher on the depth charts then Anderson to begin with.  I'd rather go with experience over a rookie, for this season.

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34 at bats?

[AWhiteSoxinNJ]

hmmmmm, you'd be hard pressed to prove that EVERYONE thinks that Owens in higher on the depth chart.  You are talking about KW's first round pick from 2003.  He had been able to adapt and suceed at every level we have placed him.  So what makes you think his swing is terrible? His small sample size this year?  If that amount of at-bats makes a player, what kind of player was Konerko after than many this year?  I believe that they would have similar numbers with BA having more power, am I wrong?  If you want to really evaluate what kind of player Anderson is, why dont you take a peak at his minor league performance over a full season instead of sampling a couple of a bats to try and prove your bias?  I believe in our scouting dept, Ozzie, and KW, and I hold their opinions much higher than your uninformed, uneducated assessment of Brian Anderson.

 

Then why are rumors running wild about a CF if KW was so confident. Where theres smoke theres fire.

[Gene Honda Civic]

My reason is that in the games I say from him this year, he didn't look that good and his swing was terrible.  Plus everyone on this board feels Owens is higher on the depth charts then Anderson to begin with.  I'd rather go with experience over a rookie, for this season.

I beleive the consensus on the board is that Owens is a 4th outfielder whose cieling is Scott Podsednik.

 

Anderson is never going to be a superstar, but he's a solid player, and can handle centerfield defensively.

[AnthraxFan93]

My reason is that in the games I say from him this year, he didn't look that good and his swing was terrible.  Plus everyone on this board feels Owens is higher on the depth charts then Anderson to begin with.  I'd rather go with experience over a rookie, for this season.

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How is either Anderson or Owens to gain experience of playing for a winner in the game if they sit in the minors? Better to see what we have now before we loose out later.