Tonight

Tonight we see Kip make his first start in the post-McClendon era. I never thought Kip and Lloyd got along well, and I thought Kip made that pretty clear in his more or less glowing post-firing interview. I guess we'll see if Kip can turn over a new leaf. One thing we won't see, however, is Brad Eldred. Because his career arc doesn't show him strugging in A, AA, and AAA before finding his swing or anything. If Mackanin is making these lineups that prominently feature Daryle Ward he needs a stern talking to. If Dave Littlefield is making them up, I think I may have lost all hope.

UPDATE (8:21 PM)- In this comments thread (which is a game thread from HW), there's a great discussion about the Eldred/Ward situation.