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Originally Posted by Jaxbuck
Didn't get to see the game but nice to read about a W.
Time for some roster juggeling when they get back tommorrow I'd say.
At the very least I hope Belisle and Bray replace Fogg and Coffey but it wouldn't suprise me if Belisle comes up, Fogg goes to mop up and Coffey goes down.
Position players/bench gets a lot more interesting. Ross is in midseason form down in L'ville (sub .200 BA) so I don't know what the hold up is in calling him back up.
Bottom line to me is that 2 of Hatte/Freel/Hopper (plus prospects?) need to be turned into RH bench/platoon power.
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Marty was beside himself on the broadcast today about the lack of effort by Krivs to address the lack of RH bench/platoon power. Marty, Jeff, and John Fay all seemed to agree that Dusty doesn't think much of Castro. Brantley in a shocked voice said he'd heard there is interest in him. I got the impression that this was Krivs roster out of ST but Dusty will be having some input on moves. They were expecting maybe to see Hairston or Jolbert Cabrera taking his place. The were guessing in upwards of 5 moves taking place, but more likely 1 or 2.
Anyways, this one is for Jax... listen to Bill James own Paul Daugherty on 700WLW, interview starts about 2/3 of the way through:
Best line after Daughtery tries to poke fun at fans who think they can run a ballgame because they read stats on Baseball Prospectus:
"It could be you are a small minded person who is intimidated by the fact that they know more than you do."
As Doc presses the point, James nails him that all kinds of jackasses think they can run ball clubs for lots of asinine reasons like they played HS ball or can run a hardware store... it doesn't invalidate the stats. He concedes that there are other aspects to running a club like managing personalities, but it doesn't lessen his premises. Many other gems in this interview, James is a bit of a prick but spot on.
http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/182...erty_On_Demand
(starts about 2/3 of the way through and lasts about 5-10 mins).