AngelasDaddy0427 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) I still remember you stroking out when Kenny traded for Lofton/Everett because another CF couldnt hit for s***. Can we give the kid a little time before you bury him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Uhh I think you have me confused with someone else... First off I wasn't even on the site when we had Lofton... 2nd I was confused as all hell when he got Everett because it was just as Aaron was heating up... It was a useless trade... I had been a Rowand fan for the past 4 years at least... It's just they gave up on him too quick... But as I said before Rowand ALWAYS had the short compact swing... But the ugly loopy pre 2005 Joe Crede swing Brian Anderson has... It's not even a fair comparison... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 09:24 AM) Uhh I think you have me confused with someone else... First off I wasn't even on the site when we had Lofton... 2nd I was confused as all hell when he got Everett because it was just as Aaron was heating up... It was a useless trade... I had been a Rowand fan for the past 4 years at least... It's just they gave up on him too quick... But as I said before Rowand ALWAYS had the short compact swing... But the ugly loopy pre 2005 Joe Crede swing Brian Anderson has... It's not even a fair comparison... Anyone else see the irony in this statement? Don't forget now in Rowand's 1st full season at CF in the majors in each month he hit .250/.200/.225/.214/.276/.294. I wonder what would have happened if they gave up on him too quick, which I'm sure they're going to do with Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxfest Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Winning 10 of 11 takes alot of heat of BA, he is lucky Sox are winning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 So, I was at the game tonight, and I couldn't really see Anderson's swing very well. He did seem to be driving the ball a bit more. Did anyone notice if he got rid of the hitch/hesitation at the end of his stride? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Prior to this evening's game, I would have suggested the hitch/hesitation was a late reaction to offspeed pitches. In such instances, I thought Anderson was assuming fastball, and attempting to adjust to anything else. It always gave me the impression he was in between every AB. One moment against Brad Radke last season he had a ridiculous emergency swing relating to this concept. It's the first moment I noticed it. But then tonight, against someone where you'd expect the same hesitation, he didn't show it. Perhaps Walker has put in extra time with Anderson. He should commit himself completely to a swing. Don't adjust midstride, since it's impossible to expect success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 BA will either figure it out or he won't. If he is still struggling at the trade deadline the Sox wil have to figure out if his defense is more valuable to winning another World Series or will a huge hole in the lineup be that much of a detriment to that same goal. Remember in the Series pitchers bat at the National league parks so that would make 2 gaping holes in the lineup. I seriously doubt the Sox want that. Right now you can see they like his D or else Mackowiak would be getting more AB's then he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Right now you can see they like his D or else Mackowiak would be getting more AB's then he is. Mackowiak has a lower average than Anderson to this point. And he played A LOT early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulokis Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 02:10 PM) Mackowiak has a lower average than Anderson to this point. And he played A LOT early on. So far Mack has been disappointing. We need to keep Anderson out there and get his at-bats. I think he can turn it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 03:10 PM) Mackowiak has a lower average than Anderson to this point. And he played A LOT early on. Not to mention that Mack has ZERO extra base hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) Not to mention that Mack has ZERO extra base hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 20, 2006 -> 09:59 AM) I'd like to see some improvement over the next couple of weeks from BA. BA is starting to look a helluva lot better since I counted him as dead. He just hit an absolute missile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3RDBASE Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 i HAVE TO WONDER....if its BA or Silva was just not very good with his location today...never the less I'll take it and more thankyou!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Cancel this thread, Anderson had a two hit game 4/23/06 !! Should this be green? Edited April 23, 2006 by Greg The Bull Luzinski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(aboz56 @ Apr 22, 2006 -> 12:10 PM) Mackowiak has a lower average than Anderson to this point. And he played A LOT early on. And is nowhere near the defensive player Anderson is. I'm not too worried about Anderson. He's struggling but we have the ability to let him develop in the 9 hole. He's got a lot of tools, with the only question-mark being if he can figure out to hit (cause if he can, he will be able to hit for power and drive in some runs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 You know what else is alarming? When a guy can hit a fence scrapper over the CF fence that is hit so hard that Torii Hunter doesn't even have time to get to the warning track, let alone try and climb the fence and bring it back. Keep it up BA, slowly improving up there at the dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg The Bull Luzinski Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 BA is up to a staggering .178 at the plate. That is better than 25 point climb in his batting average in one day. That should shake off one or two nay-sayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 It's all me. Remember the Ben Davis sig? At least this time it's got talent to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBetsy Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 03:48 PM) Cancel this thread, Anderson had a two hit game 4/23/06 !! Should this be green? Last time he had 2 hits in a game, the Sox lost four in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelasDaddy0427 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 If he can hit like he did today even 2 times a week I will become a huge BA fan... Not only did he not look lost but his swing wasn't half as long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(Jeckle2000 @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 06:23 PM) If he can hit like he did today even 2 times a week I will become a huge BA fan... Not only did he not look lost but his swing wasn't half as long... The wind has changed direction again, I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalapse Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 08:47 PM) The wind has changed direction again, I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Borchard hit hr's too fellas. 500 FT ones at that. Anderson had a solid game, but he had 1 hit. You take hte other one any day of the week, but he's not out of his funk. But like I say we have plenty of time to let him develop. From day 1 I said we wouldn't not make the playoffs because of Anderson. We have this luxury to develop a guy while putting out a world series caliber team and he's going to have most of the season to show us whether he can or can't. Today's game will go a long way in giving him some confidence because I think he's trying to do too much at the plate right now (he's not getting comfortable and he's trying to protect every part fo the plate and when you do that you'll end up being able to do NOTHING). We all knew he could hit a bomb like he did today, but we knew the same about Borchard. The key is being able to hit consistently and thats what will seperate Anderson from being a good player to a borderline all star (namely because of the way he plays defense). I've long said Anderon's upside is Torri Hunter. Similar power, respectable avg (nothing fancy) and fantastic defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 11:15 PM) Anderson had a solid game, but he had 1 hit. Jas, he had 2 hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(SoxAce @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 08:36 PM) Jas, he had 2 hits. I'm not counting his swinging bunt as a hit. I mean its a hit, but its not worth saying oh my god he's out of his slump he had 2 hits. An swinging bunt where you were totally fooled is not deserving as getting out of a slump (however it will help his confidence). He had 1 real hit and it was a BOMB. I should have explained that better in my original post ace. But it seems like a lot of people are basing the 2 hits off the box score and assuming he had a HR and a solid single. And I'm not trying to discredit the infield hit (thats still a hit in the scorebook and he hustled it out and it will give him confidence and for every squibber like that you have, you usually have a handful more missiles you hit right at a defender) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Apr 23, 2006 -> 11:44 PM) I'm not counting his swinging bunt as a hit. I mean its a hit Sorry I couldn't resist. But I know in general what you mean, but Dye had alot of infield hits last year when he started off really slow for us and had alot of Dye hating threads. I think he and BA will a hit like that over a solid line drive right at someone anyday of the week to help them. But all in all, I agree with ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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