Published 6/27/2009
by David Wyatt
at Bleacher Report - MLB
There was a welcome sight at US Cellular Field on Friday, and it wasn't just Lou standing up to Milton Bradley's temper. Aramis Ramirez was taking batting practice again. Lou described this as the final stretch in getting the motor of the Cubs offence back.
He will go out on a three or four game rehab assignment, and should be back a week before the all star game. So while that is fantastic news, that I'm sure will be covered in great detail here at BR by other writers, it got me thinking about another aspect of the Cubs line-up.
What happens to the flavour of the month, Jake Fox?
Initially there was hesitation in putting Fox out at third base. His fielding is not pretty, but he gets the job done. He makes the throws, he makes the catches that you need him to make.
Sure he is never going to win a gold glove, but when you are swinging the bat as well as Jake Fox is, then you don't need to flash the leather all over the diamond. However, the question that plagued me was, in a lineup that ...
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