No wonder Guillen is always angry he has cranky legs. “Guillen, who battled cranky legs last season”

“And with Mike [Aviles] going down and Alex [Gordon] going down — well, you know the deal,” Hillman continued. “I’m cautiously very optimistic that we can be a greatly improved team — especially defensively, which is going to make our pitchers better.”

It’s a good thing they're not blaming the injuries anymore.

Both?

“Defense, to me, is a product of athleticism, fundamentals and concentration,” Moore said.

“Certainly there are statistics that play a part of that, but defensive statistics are very misleading and unreliable … every statistician that I speak to will tell you that, including our own. Statistics are something to look at, but they are not the most important part of evaluating a player. You want defensive players that are very sure-handed, players that are instinctive to position themselves appropriately, players that are two or three steps ahead of a certain situation — that’s all part of the defensive player.”

In adding Ankiel, Podsednik, Kendall and Getz to the regular lineup, the general manager believes he’s fulfilled those qualifications

he gets credit constantly! people go out of their way to give him credit

god this is frustrating