Friday, August 22, 2008

Tinker Toy Boy

Joe Girardi has shown us several remarkable consistencies all year. One, he has tinkered with the lineup, giving a day of rest to position players, frequently at the cost of playing with his best lineup. The results have been mediocre at best. Two, he has consistently kept arod and Big(?)G in the 4 and 5 holes. The results have been disastrous. when you 4 and 5 guys are hitting .245 and just over .200 with RISP - wouldn't you think the Tinkerin' Joe might try a change bit of a change. Those are their averages for the year - and as the Amazing arod recently noted (duh) the team needs the 3, 4, and 5 to produce. Will someone please tell Joe that it's not happening , has not happened, and is unlikely to happen with his cast in concrete 3 - 5 lineup.

With the addition of Nagy and the return of Matsui even Joe should be smart enough to know that he has, yes, options! Alternatives!! The Possibility of Doing Something Slightly Different!!!

But now it's August and we're stuck with a second base arm in center, a wall-frightened, claustrophobic right fielder, a frequently zoned-out 2nd baseman, R(etread)-Rod behind the plate, and the Chokers batting cleanup and 5th.

Perhaps the Mighty Picasner has some insight into this situation that he would share?

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