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11 Responses to “Cupboard Is Bare In The Middle”

1. rob Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

   Why does everyone insist at putting Victorino in the #2 hole?

   He gets out 67 % of the time, career, and 70 % of the time in ‘08.

   And when he does hit it, it barely clears the infield (slugs under .400 lifetime).

   You want him getting more guaranteed at bats than Utley, Howard and Burrell etc?

2. jay Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

   Agreed. However, the only problem taht i see with our guys right now is, we are not doing good together. right now werth is hitting well and everyone else is kinda struggling. I really do think we will hit our stide and click together. Remember We are ONLY 1.5 games back right now, and we have a big series coming up with the fish. Don’t panic.

3. Tim Malcolm Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 3:34 pm

   rob: I wouldn’t be opposed to Coste and Vic swapping spots.

4. brian Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

   I like victorino in the 8 hole and coste at 2. You obviously lose sped at the top of the order but we never run anyway and maybe Victorino will help to turn over the lineup a bit better.

   Although that might lead to Charlie having to figure out some more double switches. This is clearly not his strong suit.

5. Gnomicide Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 4:49 pm

   Charlie’s weak point has always been how he structures his line-up in my opinion. Always going for more preconceived notions of speed at the top instead of factoring in performance.

   The fact that our four best hitters hit a brick wall at the same time is still a fluke though, and run production will come. I’m more worried about pitching from the 5th spot and a possible end-of-career for Jamie Moyer.

6. Tim Malcolm Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 5:32 pm

   Your No. 2 guy has to be an on-base guy. Imagine if Manuel structured his order by OBPs, to get the most out of it:

   Burrell
   Coste
   Utley
   Rollins
   Werth
   Jenkins
   Howard
   Feliz
   Pitcher

   That’s actually not too bad, really.

7. Dan Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

   Love the idea of:

   Rollins ,Coste,Burrell,Utley,Werth,Howard,Victorino,Feliz,Pitcher

   But Charlie would never pull the trigger on that one!

8. Bruce Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

   Of course Manuel wouldn’t like that idea. Why tamper with success of last year when Rollins (.296 BA; .344 OBP; 41 SBs) and Victorino (.281 BA; .347 OBP; 37 SBs) hit 1-2 in the line-up. Victorino also was on the DL last season. Victorino (again) was on DL recently along with Rollins. That accounts for the low number of steals so far this season.

9. Bruce Says:
   May 20th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

   Rob~

   “He gets out 67 % of the time, career, and 70 % of the time in ‘08.”

   Three out of ten = .300 BA

10. Lewisauce Says:
    May 21st, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Charlie will never do it.

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