Hawk & Steve's baseball blog

We've been seeing some big strides from Brian Anderson this last month - it's worth noting that his performance has really been under the microscope because he is the rare rookie who comes in and is starting right away.  Most players ease their way into the big leagues and are able to learn in a much less visible way than what Brian has gone through this year.

He's starting games for the defending World Champions.  That's a pretty big stage. Right from the get-go, he had continual support from Ozzie Guillen and Kenny Williams.  There was one point where Ozzie called him out a bit and said there was beginning to be a question in center.  That put extra pressure on him, but that's the nature of the beast. Sometimes you have to be told to step it up and Brian took it to heart and has really played better.

DJ