byrne-ing question
athletics nation is still awash in reg-sanders-for-eric-byrnes talk. let's listen:
bigelephant: if its a choice between reggie vs bonehead its really no contest- i'ii take reggie everytime. lets not embellish byrnes' worth here. reggie is 37, with 257 career homers who will play a steady but not spectacular LF/RF. one interesting note; reggie seems to hit better against righthanded pitching. reggie can be plunked into the 4 hole and let him swing away....i say do it.
china bob: No on Sanders. too old, no future, a srike out machine
a’s exile in atlanta: While you can't help but love Byrnes attitude, let's face it, he's just not very good at the plate or, spectacular body-beating plays aside, very good in the field either. You just can't have a corner outfielder in the team who can't hit right handed pitching. And I just can't stand to see Byrnes coming to the plate with two men on and two out any more. You KNOW he's going to pop it up.
herb washington: Byrnsie's not in their future anyway, so I guess it's more of a question: Do you want to see Byrnes for the next 5 months or Sanders for the next 5 months? From me, there's not much excitement to either proposition.
swishersweet: I agree, the question is really byrnes for the next five months or Sanders, and you know what, we have all seen Reggie Sanders take plenty of ABs, Id rather watch byrnes and hope that those pop ups start leveling out a bit.
landsfords1: Don't get me wrong, I'd hate to see Byrnsie go. I love the guy's all out 100% hustle and enthusiasm. What frustrates me most is his fielding has taken a noticible step backwards this season and he's never been a great fielder to start. The guy takes routes to fly balls like he's got ants in his pants. . . . Yes, Byrnes can make the spectacular play every once in a while, but for every successful diving catch, there's 4 blown or nearly blown routine plays.
gaelan: Eric Byrnes is not good. Getting an actual major league player who can field will be an upgrade all on its own. Sanders isn't great either but at least he won't cost the team anything in the field.
melody: Can you fill me in as to why the A's in general [and 50% of the fans] want Byrnes gone so badly?
mcfood: Half of the fans love his wavy blonde hair, and the other half can't stand the way he runs semi tippy-toed.
viva el birdos
bigelephant: if its a choice between reggie vs bonehead its really no contest- i'ii take reggie everytime. lets not embellish byrnes' worth here. reggie is 37, with 257 career homers who will play a steady but not spectacular LF/RF. one interesting note; reggie seems to hit better against righthanded pitching. reggie can be plunked into the 4 hole and let him swing away....i say do it.
china bob: No on Sanders. too old, no future, a srike out machine
a’s exile in atlanta: While you can't help but love Byrnes attitude, let's face it, he's just not very good at the plate or, spectacular body-beating plays aside, very good in the field either. You just can't have a corner outfielder in the team who can't hit right handed pitching. And I just can't stand to see Byrnes coming to the plate with two men on and two out any more. You KNOW he's going to pop it up.
herb washington: Byrnsie's not in their future anyway, so I guess it's more of a question: Do you want to see Byrnes for the next 5 months or Sanders for the next 5 months? From me, there's not much excitement to either proposition.
swishersweet: I agree, the question is really byrnes for the next five months or Sanders, and you know what, we have all seen Reggie Sanders take plenty of ABs, Id rather watch byrnes and hope that those pop ups start leveling out a bit.
landsfords1: Don't get me wrong, I'd hate to see Byrnsie go. I love the guy's all out 100% hustle and enthusiasm. What frustrates me most is his fielding has taken a noticible step backwards this season and he's never been a great fielder to start. The guy takes routes to fly balls like he's got ants in his pants. . . . Yes, Byrnes can make the spectacular play every once in a while, but for every successful diving catch, there's 4 blown or nearly blown routine plays.
gaelan: Eric Byrnes is not good. Getting an actual major league player who can field will be an upgrade all on its own. Sanders isn't great either but at least he won't cost the team anything in the field.
melody: Can you fill me in as to why the A's in general [and 50% of the fans] want Byrnes gone so badly?
mcfood: Half of the fans love his wavy blonde hair, and the other half can't stand the way he runs semi tippy-toed.
viva el birdos
posted by L Boros at 10:16 AM
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