Grinderstad Activated! No, wait....he's hurt again.

[UserNameBlank]

Originally Posted by balke

Let the Luis Terrero era begin. HAHA. The Rowand lovers don't sound so dumb right now.

Says who? Rowand = Erstad of a few years ago.

[102605]

Edit: Wrong thread.

[balke]

Originally Posted by UserNameBlank

Says who? Rowand = Erstad of a few years ago.

There's a difference between falling off a dirt bike, running into a wall, and popping your ankle wiffing on a curveball.

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by Martinigirl

Pods had an entire year in 2005 without an injury

Well, without DL time. He was nursing his constantly sore groin the entire second half of the year.

[mjmcend]

Originally Posted by redsand22

Wow... did he get hurt playing catch? walking?

Grinding.

[UserNameBlank]

Originally Posted by balke

There's a difference between falling off a motorcross bike, running into a wall, and popping your ankle wiffing on a curveball.

Are you actually trying to say Rowand is more grindier than Erstad?

BTW, Erstad's ankles grind at over the speed of light so it is impossible to see with a normal television camera what really happens when Darin swings at a curveball. To you or I, it looks like Darin just swings and misses, but that is not the case. He actually puts the bat down, slides head-first into first base, makes a diving catch in CF, stalks and kills a wild animal with his bare hands, steals someone's job, records and produces a solo album, returns to the plate, and then swings and misses. The sheer amount of friction applied to Darin's ankle during this so-called "at-bat" is so incredible that the steel inside temporarily melts, causing him to fall down and later exit the ballgame.

[RowanDye]

Originally Posted by UserNameBlank

Are you actually trying to say Rowand is more grindier than Erstad?

BTW, Erstad's ankles grind at over the speed of light so it is impossible to see with a normal television camera what really happens when Darin swings at a curveball. To you or I, it looks like Darin just swings and misses, but that is not the case. He actually puts the bat down, slides head-first into first base, makes a diving catch in CF, stalks and kills a wild animal with his bare hands, steals someone's job, records and produces a solo album, returns to the plate, and then swings and misses. The sheer amount of friction applied to Darin's ankle during this so-called "at-bat" is so incredible that the steel inside temporarily melts, causing him to fall down and later exit the ballgame.

ehhhh....

[LauraJ14]

Originally Posted by Martinigirl

I found it interesting that Ozzie said in the Sun Times today that he knew what he could get out of Erstad, but not out of Pods because Pods was injury prone. Pods had an entire year in 2005 without an injury, and Erstad didn't last 3 months for us before landing on the DL.

If I remember correctly - Pods did spend some time in August 05 on the DL - he only played 129 games in 2005 and 139 games in 2006.

[oeo]

Originally Posted by getonbckthr

I said it when we signed him and I will say it again now waste of time and money was Erstad.

I don't even think we're paying him a million.

[Jjav829]

Originally Posted by getonbckthr

I said it when we signed him and I will say it again now waste of time and money was Erstad.

Of all the players on this team that have been a waste this year, Darin Erstad ranks about 23rd.

[Tragg]

Originally Posted by spiffie

Don't you know Podsednik and Erstad are what is holding this team back? If we only got rid of them entirely their evil would cease to infect the team and then everything would be wonderful. I mean, ever since the day Erstad went and shanked Anderson in the locker room, making Brian need that kidney transplant, the team has never been the same since.

Mock a young player - wonderful, have at it. Meanwhile, this team full of slap hitting veterans is an embarassment.

Originally Posted by Jjav829

Of all the players on this team that have been a waste this year, Darin Erstad ranks about 23rd.

True, but only because the rest of the hitters are so bad. .310 OBP and 2 homers isn't close to good hitting.

[Jjav829]

Originally Posted by Tragg

True, but only because the rest of the hitters are so bad. .310 OBP and 2 homers isn't close to good hitting.

No, but given what we were counting on from him, and the job he did in the leadoff spot when Pods was out (.295 AVG/.338 OBP), he's far from the top of reasons why this team has been bad this year. He's probably one of the few players who you can say did his job this year when he was out there.

[russ99]

Originally Posted by balke

Let the Luis Terrero era begin. HAHA. The Rowand lovers don't sound so dumb right now.

If a Sox CF era is to begin, it will be the Sweeney Era.

Luis Tererro is and always will be a minor league star and a major league bench player. To expect anything else is asking for trouble.

[Tragg]

So what happened to him today?
I sure would rather him out there than Mack.

[JB98]

Originally Posted by russ99

If a Sox CF era is to begin, it will be the Sweeney Era.

Luis Tererro is and always will be a minor league star and a major league bench player. To expect anything else is asking for trouble.

Terrero is a fourth outfielder and a platoon player, IMO.

Priority No. 1 right now has to be rebuilding this team up the middle. We're set at catcher with AJ. We definitely need a new SS and a new CF. A decision needs to be made on Iguchi.