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Bats for CraigBucs face another lefty today in Capuano. I can accept the misguided notion of starting what will be your regulars on opening day even if it doesn't provide the best matchup (although that didn't seem our philosophy last year) but am I too naive to believe that we'll see at least a straight platoon in right with Burnitz and C. Wilson from now on?It was my hope that between this platoon, the occasional replacement of Sean Casey to keep him from injury - or to rest his ego or to keep him from grounding into life sucking double plays, and the pinch hits we could still see 400+ AB this year for the big guy. I can live with that. And ignoring the fiasco in the sixth I'm OK with Craig not playing last night. I felt in the ninth at the time of the McLouth and Sanchez pinch hits that we needed baserunners, not big hits, and I trust their ability to do that more then Wilson's. I'm justifying him not playing though, and that's not the point. There is no justification for him not playing tonight, except that we're dumb, which I'm pretty sure the Pirates are. Here's to seeing a lot of Craig Wilson tonight, as well as a lot of Ryan Doumit and Nate McLouth. posted by Rory at 10:08 AM | |
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