The Hated One

I am sorry but in the blog world we lay our insults and comments on Lenny Harris, Troy O'leary, Antonio Alfonseca, Hundley etc. But one player always seems to miss the ire of Cubs fans and bloggers. His name is Alex Gonzalez.
Now i can tell you i have despised the trade that brought him to Chicago since day 1. I thought he was worthless then and is still worthless to this day. And it still amazes how Cubs fans act like Alex Gonzalez can do no wrong.

Currently his average is .230 and his OBP has fallen below .300. His career high BA is .253 (1999 he only played 38 games). His career high OBP is .313. He has never hit more than 20 HR's in a season. His career high in RBI is 76 and its the only time in his career he ever got above 70. And he strikes out 130-150 times a year to go along with about 40 walks. But yet he makes 5.65 million dollars. I am sorry but i can find a minor leaguer to do that for about 300k a year.

Choi is benched because he is in a slump? How bout benching A-gonz for being in a career long slump? I just want a little fairness out thier in the world, if we want Harris, O'leary, Estes, Alfon released or traded you should mention Alex Gonzales in the same sentence of over paid dead weight on this club. He doesnt get nearly as much credit for being worthless as these other guys.

Choi atleast has an excuse for a .230 avg. Rookie, injury. Whats A-gonz excuse? He has been in baseball for a long time and STILL hasnt figured out how to hit a baseball properly.

UPDATE: The 1st month of the season Alex Gonzalez hit .290 since then he has batted, .204 in May, .226 in June, .224 July. A 3 month long slump? OUCH.