Re: _Big Can't_, Ed Grinnell wrote to Terry May on 02 Dec 97:
 EG> I just don't get the whole thing. Weiss was a bad sign, Galarrage was
 EG> even worse and losing out on Anderson is unbelievable. The excuse was
 EG> that they NEEDED a right handed hitter and yet, they've gotten along
 EG> quite well without having an $8 mil per year grandpa like The Pig Cat
 EG> for years and could have gotten better for that much (or less).
Well, they have been hurt a bit in the playoffs by good lefties, with the 
entire middle of their order lefthanded.  However, that could have been 
easily rectified with a Brady Anderson signing.  He would have been at 
leadoff, leaving the cleanup spot open.  Put Javy there, with Klesko at #5, 
and then you split your lefty power with an excellent power-hitting righty.  
Your OF defense would be among the best in baseball, with your IF defense 
nothing to sneeze at (of course, Blauser should have been re-signed, too). 
... (^:b Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Neagle d:^)
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