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El Gordo Hangout Grand Counsel

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The walk was against righty Fernando Rodney. No one is questioning if McLouth can hit righties. He is 0-5 vs lefties this year.

I would platoon McLouth and Reimold in left and give Canzler the fulltime DH job.

Reimols K'sd against LHP and he is supposed to be able to hit that. You seem to think that an AB has no value if it doesn't result in the batter reaching base. McLouth can bunt, hit behind the runner, and at least put the ball in play, something Reimold does not look capable of doing lately. Sure if Reimold was hitting you would platoon them, but he's not. Why sacrifice the defense for nothing.
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El Gordo Hangout Grand Counsel

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If it's hard to keep a guy like Thome around to just DH and hit righties, it's even harder to keep Reimold around to just play LF for 40 or 50 starts.
I don't think that's the case. It's pretty much what he did last year, and pretty much his role in the future should he come back anywhere.
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I guess there is a chance that Reimold has suddenly forgotten how to hit. However, all the people "in the know" including our very own Tony Pente believe that if healthy, Nolan is a major league hitter. I can't believe the people ready to be done with him after 14 team games!

Feels good to be right every once in a while...eh Soprano?

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