Today's Third Outfielder -- A Poll

NL park and Colby put a premium on defense.

especially since Murphy struggles against LHP but what would happen if they gave Josh the night off and played Gentry in CF and Murph in left. I know its a long shot and Wash won’t do it so I’m asking this as a major what if? With Josh hurting so badly does it make us any weaker?

I had two friends, one in each ear, last night telling me ‘damn splits and matchups, Murphy’s the better hitter!’

If Josh in going to keep playing despite the injury we need Gentry in center. I keep having this awful vision of Josh limping as he tries to get to a deep fly ball hit out there.

is that they have Andrus in front of Hamilton. Andrus who is asked to bunt a lot. If we’re giving away outs, which I typically support anyways, I want them to be given away in front of the teams best hitters. Not in front of an injured Hamilton.

as much as we love Josh if he can’t hit then Ron has to admit that and figure out how to win without his bat. This is not a little league game where you are trying to boost someones self esteem.

his dad is voting as a guest user over and over again.

Maybe people know they have no justification for it, but their gut is informing their vote.

Gentry all the way. Made even more obvious by the fact that Hamilton is REALLY hurting.

He has been one helluva role player for us since he’s been here. They have been working him outside and getting some close calls on the edge. In the 3rd or 4th Inning with 2 on and 2 out, Murphy’s experience and ability at the plate gives him the edge for me over the split.

Used more words than people usually use on the gritt argument, though, so that’s … something

A) The argument you should be making isn’t that C.J. should have been left out there, but that he should of pitched to Punto. Which, incidentally, is what everyone here thinks as well. And Ogando made a good pitch with two strikes, it just got hit. Shit happens.

B) “Baseball playerness” is a silly word, and certainly not one that should be used to bash Gentry, who is the definition of “baseball playerness”

C) Moreland reeks of a baseball player, ‘tis true. Normally he reeks of a below-average player, but recently he’s reeked of a shitty one. Reek, reek, it rhymes with weak.

The German thing is correct, though.

on number of fastballs or breaking balls for strikes that Napoli sees?
that’s a heck of a bat to leave down there at the bottom of the lineup, followed by our light-hitting, defensive CFer and a pitcher
I sure hope Hamilton didn’t ask to stay in the 3-hole, b/c he’d have a better chance of getting a ring if he were batting further down, and Napoli was in the 3 or 4-hole …