GA Interview and Shea

Some radio somewhere's got an interview w/ Anderson, that apparently took place either yesterday or today:

http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/18227/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/18227/podcast/LOSANGELES-CA/KLAC-AM/070201-Garrett%20Anderson%20Interview.mp3?CPROG=PCAST&MARKET=LOSANGELES-CA&NG_FORMAT=sports&SITE_ID=727&STATION_ID=KLAC-AM&PCAST_AUTHOR=AM570&PCAST_CAT=Arts_&_Entertainment&PCAST_TITLE=Roggin_&_Simers2

Interesting that the interviewer tries to get Anderson to say the team as is sucks; note that Anderson doesn't exactly deny it: "they apparently weren't comfortable with Chone [Figgins] playing center, so they went out and got a center fielder"--he also claims that he never took Moreno' s promise for an impact bat seriously.
He also tries to pass off his lack of hustle as a difference in "body language." Somehow I don't buy that--you either dive for the ball when necessary, or you don't. But I guess we should lay off the criticism: "Sometimes I've been criticized in the paper and I took it personally." Well boo-hoo?

In the meantime, I believe that Stoneman actually made a good decision (I know, stop the presses!) by signing Hillenbrand. It gives us good security against the Rivera injury, and it ensures that it doesn't block D-Mac or Kotchman/Morales indefinitely. It does concern me that placing Shea at DH will mean that GA is permanent LF for the season, even if his supposedly cured plantar fascitis (sp?) comes back. However, if DMac goes down to injury again and Chone can't quite cut it at 3B (which I really don't think he can), Shea plays third. If Kotch gets the Clap and Kendry doesn't perform well, Shea plays 1B--if both happen, well, then we're still screwed. At the very least, however, Shea provides a good degree of guaranteed pop (I'll gladly take a guaranteed 18-24 HRs from Shea as opposed to a max. of 7 from GMJ) that just isn't in the line-up as is. The best situation I can think of is for DMac to start producing on a regular, injury-free basis and for Kendry to show us his real power that we got only a glimpse of last season--if that happens, this is what the line-up would probably look like:

1. GMJ--CF
2. O-Cab--SS
3. Vlad--RF
4. GA--LF/DH
5. Kendry--DH
6. Shea--1B (career .992 fielding percentage as opposed to Kendry's .989 at 1B--I'll gladly take good veteran defense over a still developing rookie glove [though don't put H at 3B unless absolutely necessary--a .93-ish is def. not good])
7. DMac--3B
8. Napoli--C
9. Howie (HK-47)--2B (Somehow this placement doesn't seem quite right)

Super-utility: Figgins
Bench (possibilities): Izzy, Molina, Aybar, Murphy, possibly Mathis?

I think this line-up is pretty solid. It's highly dependent on performance up to expectations and we simply cannot afford any more injuries. It certainly ain't the Yankees. But it's also not the Pirates.