lol… a lot of good lines in there.

looks like a mixed bag of opinions, but the predominant belief seems to be that while he’s as lazy as marty feldman’s left eye, he has his moments of productivity with the bat (some of the posters refer to his “good instincts defense”, which i have yet to see) — i guess this is how i’ve settled it personally as well. still, it would be nice if every once in awhile he were too lazy to swing and take a damn walk instead.

He doesn’t do XYZ because he already knows he can’t, is really a cop-out. Just because he knows he can’t get to balls that, say, Matt Diaz could easily get to (while taking a proper route), doesn’t mean that he’s still a good defensive player, if he ever was.

His bat is still essentially there — in early May I was one of the very few arguing to give him some AB’s before writing off his offensive skills completely, and got skewered for it at the time. It’s not like he’s Babe Ruth now, but at least he’s been much more serviceable lately. Supposedly, he’s a “2nd half player”, if such a thing exists, so perhaps the best is yet to come!