Saturday, April 12, 2008

No. 7

Hitting in front of the pitcher is a dirty job, but as J.J. Hardy points out in this article, "someone's got to do it."

Hardy doesn't seem that thrilled about his new hitting assignment this year, but part of his angst might be from his slow start. Going into today's game, Hardy was hitting .212 with 3 RBI, 0 HR, and 8 strikeouts.

Manager Ned Yost already sounds frustrated when it comes to questions surrounding his decision to bat catcher Jason Kendall in the eight spot: "I don't care, to be honest with you...Play the game. You make your money by helping teams win."
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4 comments:

Brad V said...

Ha ha! A new blog to add to the blogroll.

Best of luck.

April 13, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Anonymous said...

Alcides Escobar is in Double A and will be the brewers starting shortstop opening day 2009.
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April 15, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Ardent Moss said...

Scott, giving up on Hardy so soon? I looked up Escobar's name on the ol' interweb...seems to be a lot of buzz about him...I also saw that he played in the Futures Game last year.

April 15, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Anonymous said...

Yeah, especially after tonight. He must have the worst defensive range in the league of shortstops. We might as well get someone who can field, since right now JJ isn't doing either. I'm not sold on Weeks being a leadoff hitter either. I'd actually try Hart there again. He was solid in that spot last year, and Weeks is too much of a free swinger to fit that role. He'd fit better in the 6 spot.
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April 15, 2008 at 10:16 PM

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