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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Maybe so....but I've seen too many times where Gregg Zaun and Reed Johnson were allowed to swing the bat with a guy on first and none out and they hit into double plays type of thing. Theres a time to go for three run innings and a time where you try to give your real hitters a chance to get something going. Too often the Jays let their light hitters basically take them out of innings. IMO relying on 230 hitters to make every inning a three run inning isn't that smart.
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Dunno about that situation (I do like Reed bunting tho)... mostly because Jmac is hitting behind Zaun, and I wouldn't count on him for the big RBI. Ideally Zaun would take a walk, and then McDonald would bunt (in a perfect world).
I do agree with the assessment Gibbons is deserving of a lot of the blame this season - leading off with Matt Stairs or having him hit 2nd is a terrible idea. Get some guys with decent OBPs in front of him and have him hit 3rd or 4th (probably 4th behind Rios), lineup construction has absolutely killed us this year with some extremely poor decisions. Your best hitter isn't hitting where he should. It was about time he wised up and got Rios down out of the leadoff spot.