Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - Posts

VBA Day

I often overlook the Daily Herald when perusing headlines because their site is the most difficult to navigate, sometimes blocks me with registration requests, and it doesn't offer RSS feeds to ease the burden.  So thanks to South Side Sox for pointing out this quote:

This was (Brian) Anderson’s sixth consecutive start in center field. The rookie, for most of the season, had been platooning with Rob Mackowiak, who has been struggling defensively.

“Mackowiak needs to play also, but the way (Anderson) has been swinging the bat now, we have to leave him alone,” manager Ozzie Guillen said. “He’s swinging the bat better. We are going to keep him in as long as we can.”

After being wrong about some things (like Chris Singleton) and stonewalled on others (a backup catcher better than Sandy Alomar Jr.), I now can say one of my crusades has finally worked out.

Not that I had any bearing at all on the situation, but it's fun to pretend.  Congratulations, Brian.