Why no Phillips?
Why no Phillips?
For Love of the Game
"If you aren't first; you're last"
Bruised calf. Dusty hopes he'll play tomorrow.Originally Posted by penantboundreds
Well, mark down today's date. Today is the day Dusty lost me. Before this I was indifferent, but putting Patterson third, yup, lost me.
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
- - Rowdy Roddy Piper
"It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
- - Fletch
just for me, say that you loathe it.
Please.
Not as much as Patterson misses the ball.
"In my day you had musicians who experimented with drugs. Now it's druggies experimenting with music" - Alfred G Clark (circa 1972)
I'm sure we all knew Patterson has been in a slump, but does anybody realize how bad it's actually been? I mean he's been abysmal for a month now, and it's only been getting worse. Take a look at these lines:
Last 28 days: .153/.231/.237/.468
Last 14 days: .138/.194/.172/.366
Last 07 days: .091/.091/.091/.182
I understand you have to hit your way out of a slump, so if you are going to give him playing time, for the love of Pete don't try to use him as a table setter. He's not good at that even when he's going well. (Has that been mentioned on RZ before?)
For the record....I like it. We'll see what happens.
For Love of the Game
"If you aren't first; you're last"
That's pretty impressive. Dusty must read this website and he's giving us all the finger with that line up. Hats off to him though, when he likes a guy he goes all out.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
I'm sure you like Abba too. ADMIT IT!!!
Is Dusty batting Corey third because he thinks he's the best number three hitter on the team right now?
Of course not.
Maybe he's batting him third to get him some better pitches to see and try to shake him out of his funk. Regardless of whether you like Corey or not, Dusty may just be trying to jump start him.
Or maybe not. I certainly don't know any more than anyone else. But I sincerely doubt he thinks he's a number three hitter long term.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
your close ... remove the borderline.
He's hitting him number three because he wasn't going to hit JHhr or Freel third, when JR got scratched, and he didn't want to move anyone else.
It's still crazy. Even if it works tonight, it's CRAZY. Butterfly net crazy.
Last edited by Raisor; 05-09-2008 at 07:24 PM.
This has to be a joke.
redsrule2500
Go Reds!
“I’m a normal guy blessed with the ability to hit a baseball.” - Sean Casey
I'm disgusted. Very, very much so.
In all our years of discussing lineups Corey Patterson batting 3rd is the craziest thing I have seen.
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