Whilst masticating on , Ed Grinnell (1:170/1701)
wrote to Alan Hess:
AH>> He was a bum this season, and will be the same next season.
EG> He's a bum in your mind because you wanted another player to play 
Bordick's a bum because he's the third worst hitter in the AL, yet he plays 
every day.  
EG> third so Cal could play short. Christ Almighty could have played 
Is it my fault that every stat showed Ripken to be at least as good a fielder 
as Bordick, and a far superior hitter?
EG> SS, hit .438 and not made an error and you'd have found fault 
Not true - if the Orioles had found a replacement as good or better overall 
than Ripken at short, that would have been great.  Instead, they didn't even 
come close.  In essence, they got Billy Ripken back, made him an everyday 
player and a lottery winner, and weakened the team.
EG> (FYI, YOUR thirdbaseman, Todd Zeile, had an even crappier year in 
EG> the field than Ripken).
Every infielder who goes to the Dodgers grows a lead glove.  :-)  Maybe it's 
the smog.  *adh*
--- Msged/2 4.10
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