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The Real McCoy: Corey Patterson: a temporary seat
Published 4/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
The Real McCoy: Corey Patterson: a temporary seat Well, if it looks like a strikeout, smells like a strikeout, feels like a strikeout, and tastes like a strikeout, it must be a pile of strikeouts....I’m sure glad we didn’t step in it then! Corey Patterson’s name was not on the Cincinnati Reds lineup sheet tonight - as many have begged for, pleaded for and prayed for. Ryan Freel was in center field and batting leadoff, Patterson’s normal spots. But his 0 for 20 and 1 for 28 slide-for-life had nothing to do with his one-night stand in the dugout. Baker was not aware of ...

Someone Actually Has to Tell Dusty Baker That Corey Patterson Sucks
Published 4/22/2008 by Pat Lackey at FanHouse
... CincinnatiCorey Patterson is mired in a 1-for-28 slump. Said slump has dropped his line to .186/.258/.475 (hey! look at that slugging percentage!) and he's pretty much been the not-Jay Bruce black hole at the top of the lineup that most Reds' fans feared he would be this year. Unsurprisingly, he got the night off in favor of Ryan Freel tonight. Logic dictates that the benching was due to his slump. Dusty Baker does not play by logic's rules. From Hal McCoy at the Dayton Daily News: Baker was not aware of Patterson's slump ...