SportsAndLady;458659 wrote:Gomes is a liability out there, why would you put him in the 4 hole?
That is the way Dusty is! As Hal McCoy wrote earlier this week:
"With left-hander Joe Saunders pitching for Arizona and the way Jay Bruce struggles against southpaws, wouldn’t right-hander Chris Heisey be the choice for right field? Not this night. Baker stayed with Bruce and he homered for the second straight night.
Baker dropped Bruce to seventh in the batting order and he had four hits Tuesday and two Wednesday.
And how about left field? Jonny Gomes was 0 for 16, so wouldn’t Heisey be a better option for left field?
Not this night. Baker stayed with Gomes and he singled during a four-run third inning.
And he always has the choice at catcher - Ramon Hernandez or The People’s Choice, Ryan Hanigan. On this night he chose Hernandez who then provided a three-run homer in that four-run third.
Oh, yeah. He could have played Heisey in center field in place of strikeout-prone Drew Stubbs. But he didn’t. And Stubbs had two hits and two RBIs. The man(ager) has had The Magic Touch this year."
