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Remembering Andruw
Written by Colin on March 28, 2008 – 2:46 pmJonathan and Charles were watching the first spring game of the year on TV a few weeks back and had a discussion regarding our new center fielder, Mark Kotsay. Now, we’re not experts, and we know we won’t miss Andruw’s bat, but we know Kotsay doesn’t have the range Andruw did. We’re a little concerned about Kotsay’s back, too. Every time he dives for a ball, we’re afraid it’s the last time he may dive. It’s kind of like watching Mike Hampton pitch.
Now we have nothing against Mark Kotsay and we hope he has a great season. But he simply cannot match the range of the amazing Andruw Jones, who is one of the best center fielders to ever play the game. Thus, Jonathan and Charles decided to start a “Andruw Would Have Gotten That” counter. Every time we’re at or watching the game, and Kotsay doesn’t get to a ball that we all know Andruw would have caught, we’re adding one to the counter, in an attempt to quantify how much we miss Andruw in the outfield.
In our game recaps, we’ll mention how many points we add to the counter, and if you think we’ve missed one, chime in and we’ll add it to the list.
Join us this year in watching every game and saying “Andruw would have gotten that.”
Tags: Andruw Jones, Mark Kotsay
Posted in General | 8 Comments »
By JB in ATL on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
I like it!
I think bravesjournal has that as their sub title right now.
It will be cool to see that on there next to the Ejection counter.
You’re right we will miss Andruw but I still believe there’s a good chance JS will get a call up and maybe even pull a Francoeur 2005 on us.
One can hope!
JB in ATL
http://bravesblog.net
By Colin on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
Hah, so they do. That’s funny, we’ve been talking about this for weeks and had a couple “Andruw would have gotten that” moments watching Kotsay and Anderson play in Florida.
I hope Kotsay can pull it together and turn back into the great outfielder he was in Oakland before the back injury. Schafer shows promise as an outfielder, you’re right.
By JB in ATL on Mar 28, 2008 | Reply
I think we’ll see JS. I just believe it right now. I have this Raul Mondesi Part II feeling about Kotsay for some reason.
Or maybe Craig Wilson Revisited. I don’t know why. I guess it’s just these kind of pick ups haven’t been too fruitful for us in the past few years.
JB in ATL
http://bravesblog.net
By Jonathan on Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
I can just imagine the BravesBlast staff conversations should we see Schafer in Atlanta this season. Oh well though. I really don’t have anything against Kotsay….I just thought this was a good way to add a little humor to the process.
By JB in ATL on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I like it!
I think bravesjournal has that as their sub title right now.
It will be cool to see that on there next to the Ejection counter.
You're right we will miss Andruw but I still believe there's a good chance JS will get a call up and maybe even pull a Francoeur 2005 on us.
One can hope!
JB in ATL
http://bravesblog.net
By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
Hah, so they do. That's funny, we've been talking about this for weeks and had a couple "Andruw would have gotten that" moments watching Kotsay and Anderson play in Florida.
I hope Kotsay can pull it together and turn back into the great outfielder he was in Oakland before the back injury. Schafer shows promise as an outfielder, you're right.
By JB in ATL on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I think we'll see JS. I just believe it right now. I have this Raul Mondesi Part II feeling about Kotsay for some reason.
Or maybe Craig Wilson Revisited. I don't know why. I guess it's just these kind of pick ups haven't been too fruitful for us in the past few years.
JB in ATL
http://bravesblog.net
By Jonathan on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I can just imagine the BravesBlast staff conversations should we see Schafer in Atlanta this season. Oh well though. I really don't have anything against Kotsay….I just thought this was a good way to add a little humor to the process.