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Never thought those two thoughts would be together. Eyechart's Watchability today.

ONFIELD

1. Defense
   i. Hustle (10) I don't remember ever thinking there was something he should have reached. He only made seven errors. 9 points.
   ii. Agility (14) Love that arm. He also took a lot of graceful spills this year. 13 points.
   iii. Catcher (5/0) N/A. 0 points.
   iv. Awareness (8) You don't help turn a franchise record in double plays without having some clue. 7 points.
   v. Defensive Stance (8) Quite fine. 8 points.
   vi. Pitching Face/Post-strike out (5/0) N/A. 0 points.
2. Offense
   i. Hustle (10) Better than league average. 8 points.
   ii. Batting Stance/Face (12) He'd get more points here if I wasn't afraid he was going to fall over after every swing and miss. 9 points.
   iii. Power & Average (12) He hit for the cycle. Why is it I don't remember him doing anything? I mean, he hit nearly .300. But not much power. 9.5 points.
   iv. Pitcher's bunting ability (5) N/A. 0 points.
   v. Selflessness (14) He was very up front about reestablishing himself after losing half a season in 2004. We'll find out if he really bought into the team if we hear anything about the Cards trying to re-sign him. 11 points.
   
3. Dugout/Clubhouse
   i. Press Conferences/Interviews (8) Few cliches, which is always nice. 7 points.
   ii. Quotes (8) Um, bland. 4 points.
   iii. Chatty (8) He and Eckstein seemed to have fun ribbing each other. 6 points.
   iv. Fights (6) He played for the Cubs, so you know he had to deal with a lot of crap. 5 points.

OFF FIELD

1. Personal Hygiene (16) Clean shaven or not, it's a good choice. 15 points.
   
2. Commercials (local) (8) No. 0 points.
   
3. Commercials (national) (10) No. 0 points.
   
4. Commercials (MLB) (10) No. 0 points.
   
5. Dress (10) Kinda schumlpy. 7 points.
   
6. Rumors (6) Again, hat tip to the ladies at On The DL. Tsk, tsk, tsk. But if there are pictures, is it still a rumor? And is a major leaguer kissing random girls a rumor? Or the norm? Eh. 3 points.
   
7. Awards (6) He was an All-Star. Nine years ago. 2 points.

Grudz gets 124 points. I'd be happy if the Cards could sign him to an incentivized deal. The hitting was good enough and the defense outstanding. Plus, his eyes.