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Old 04-17-2008, 11:55 AM   #68 (permalink)
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He was assigned to AA by the Sox. It's hard to keep a AA type player on your 25 man roster all year.

-Unless you're the A's last year.
STOP TAKING OUR PROSPECTS!

Seriously, between Hernandez, Gonzalez, Marshall and de los Santos, the A's could've had a staff featuring 4 former Sox prospects.
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I'm trying to help you here. Eriq is notoriously obscure and we've been working for years at mainstreaming him. All I suggest is that you try to be a bit more lenient with him as he tries to normalize, as I believe supportive criticism will be more warmly received by Eriq than if he is made to feel threatened.
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