The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: News: Struggling Patterson to stay atop lineup

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The Official Site of The Cincinnati Reds: News: Struggling Patterson to stay atop lineup
Church of Baseball found this 5/13/2008 on cincinnati.reds.mlb.com [flag]
CINCINNATI -- Based on his offensive numbers this season, putting struggling Reds center fielder Corey Patterson in the leadoff spot seems to be the equivalent of putting the square peg in the round hole. Yet for the 21st time in his 22 starts this season, Patterson was perched at the top of the order on Monday vs. the Marlins. Coming in, he was batting just .196 with a .252 on-base ... [link]

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A win
Published 5/13/2008 by Daedalus (noreply@blogger.com) at Church of Baseball
... 1. DFA Patterson. I don't care if he had four hits last night - isn't that four more than he's had all week? Seems like it anyway. Looks like it isn't going to happen though, with Toothpick's man love for a career OBP under .300. Pathetic. ...

Dusty Being Dusty
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
If: A. Dusty Baker won't take Corey Patterson out of the leadoff spot because "He's going to get going. Usually guys end up where their average always is"; and B. Corey Patterson's average "always is" around a walk-free .250; then C. Dusty has admitted he doesn't understand the purpose of the leadoff postion and should be fired immediately. Not that I needed to tell you that. As a lawyer, though, I always try to use party admissions over mere argument whenever possible.

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