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Pale Hose opt for Erstad to make up for potential loss of Podsednik
2007-01-23 17:03
by Bob Timmermann

The Chicago White Sox have reached a tentative agreement on a one-year contract with Darin Erstad. At the same time, the White Sox announced that Scott Podsednik underwent groin surgery and will be out six weeks.

If you combine their 2006 numbers, they would have batted .255 snd hit three home runs. And they drew a combined 60 walks against 114 strikeouts.

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2007-01-23 18:16:12
1.   Greg Brock
And I can sum Erstad up in just one word: courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, guts. Why, Darin Erstad's got more guts in his little finger than most of us have in our large intestine, including the colon!
2007-01-23 18:45:29
2.   fordprefect
Aren't you thinking of that other ex- Angel whose name starts with E?
2007-01-23 18:53:16
3.   Greg Brock
Eckstein doesn't have a football mentality.

Because he was not a punter at Nebraska.

2007-01-23 19:13:01
4.   fordprefect
Your post reminded me of the vitriol heaped upon all the media fawning over Eckstein in the recent WS as commented upon at length over at the FJM site.
-That's all.
2007-01-23 19:39:45
5.   Greg Brock
Yeah, I'm glad Bob put this up. I had gotten a little tired of piling on Eckstein. Erstad is an equally worthy target.

Except he is not small. Therefore, he cannot have the grit of Eckstein. On second thought, I'll just continue to pile on Eck.

2007-01-23 20:21:25
6.   Orly Yarly NoWai
Gritstad has a nice ring to it.
2007-01-24 02:00:07
7.   Voxter
courage, dedication, daring, pride, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, and G-U-T-S, guts

Hard-working. Alpha male. Jackhammer. Merciless. Insatiable.

These all apply to Darin Erstad, Scott Podsednik, and David Eckstein.

Is it any wonder that the Angels were so successful for so long? They had three out of four of these dudes.

2007-01-24 10:48:16
8.   Jacob L
What happened to scrappy?
2007-01-24 21:30:36
9.   das411
Um....Vox, who is dude #4?

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