I'm so glad that fans are enjoying Eckstein and Grudzielanek. I was a
fan of Eckstein too, when he played for the Angels.

I think it might have been last season, or even the season before,
when Grudzie was with the Cubs, I bought tickets for when the Cubs
were coming to LA, and no sooner did I order my tickets, and print out
my receipt that I got an e-mail news alert about him getting hit in
the hand with the ball and his hand being broken. So, I didn't get to
see him play, but I had a perfect view of him sitting in the corner of
the dugout, but sitting near the top step out from under the cover. I
think I might be going to a Cardinal/Dodger game out here.

Grudzie is a good guy, sometimes he get a bad rep, like when certain
things happened around here, there was a whole, HUGE news story about
how he and the Dodger manager weren't getting along, etc. But, he's a
good player, one that likes to be out on the field everyday and
getting dirty.

I've got a Grudzielanek jersey t-shirt, I saw them at Dodger stadium
only ONCE, and snatched it while I could. It's ood though, 'cause
it's totally different from the other Dodger player shirts I have
bought (all the players of which are NO longer on the Dodgers), it's
different material, and I got it in the same size as all my others,
and it's completely huge... yeah, after that time, I never saw any
Grudzie shirts for sale.


--- In markgrudzielanekfanclub@yahoogroups.com, Brianna Rickenbacker
<scifigeek@g...> wrote:
> He's a great player; I think everyone's surprised at just how good a
> job he's been doing. Everyone I talk to prefers Eckstein-Grudzie to
> Renteria-Womack. And you're right, he's a good-looking guy too ;) I
> love it when he takes his cap off and you can see his eyes for a
> change.
>
> I live about 3 hours north of the stadium in rural Missouri. I used
> to only get to one game every 2 years, but this year I'm more
> obsessive than ever (except when Ozzie was playing, but that was when
> I was a kid and couldn't exactly control my stadium visits, lol) and
> so far I've been to 3 games (one @ Busch the day after Grudzie hit for
> the cycle, and the 2 we won in Kansas City). I'm definitely going to
> at least 1 more - possibly 3 more. The other game I have tickets to
> right now happens to be on Mark's birthday, though I didn't know it at
> the time I bought the tickets!
>
> I was watching Mark during the pre-game warmups in Kansas City, and it
> was obvious just how well he and David get along. I know he's
> mentioned it before, but once they were both out of the dugout (with
> the exception of batting practice) it seemed like they were always
> either tossing the ball around to eachother, or just walking and
> talking.
>


> He walked into the dugout *right* in front of where I was standing
> during practice, and I thought I should holler or wave or something
> but I just froze, lol. *slaps forehead* I was even wearing a shirt I
> made with his name on it, since you can't find any commercially
> available shirts of his (unless you get a special order jersey, which
> I can't really afford)
>
> ~Brianna