Monday, May 23, 2005

Jumpin' Jack

To answer a question from yesterday (I think) from Rory in the comments, yes, it does bother me to see Jack Wilson batting second every day. I love Jack Wilson. I'm not saying that Jack needs to be taken out of the lineup (after all, he's the leader of the much heralded defensive charge we've been making lately and the runs he saves with his gloves makes up for the ones he's not producing with his bat right now), but to keep batting someone that's hitting under .200 and doesn't consistently draw walks (OBP of .241 coming into today) shouldn't be batting anywhere near the top half of the order. Tonight's lineup should have Castillo or probably Mackowiak batting second in favor of Jack and have Jack dropped to 7 or 8 in my opinion.