I have not been a big fan of Robert Andino. And that would be an understatement.When he arrived to the Orioles in 2009, I thought he was fine. Not a good player but just fine. I even advocated for the release of Cesar Izturis since I saw Andino as a younger, cheaper version of Izzy who might just develop a slightly better bat.But after watching defensive lapses, baserunning errors and just a general lack of effort that season, I began to sour on him.After watching him during Spring Training in 2010 and a couple of Tides games early in the season, I wrote this exactly one year ago:Whenever a player is sent back to the minors, you would like to think it won't affect his attitude. In Andino's case, it looks like it has. I am not normally one to jump on players for not trying or not hustling when they are playing poorly but Andino barely looked interested. He failed to run hard on a groundout to short even though he certainly had a fair chance of making it to first safely...and ...
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