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Yeh, I'd say Ubaldo has given away 5-8 pitches or so today which is not bad at all. He is pitching great. They are just doing an awesome job of making him work and getting a bit lucky with some of the hits. Hopefully Bud is on today. We will need 2-3 innings from him.

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Through all this, the defense has stayed pretty strong. There've been a few lapses, and Davis in RF obviously isn't our best defender out there, but overall it's been good.

Lough will probably be sent in, if the score stays tight and Davis to first.

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I take your point, but adding another guy to the merry go round would seem to compound the problem more than anything.

I would get rid of the merry go round and give him the job and let the other guys go like Snider and Parmalee or trade them. I am all for competition but starting to wonder if each guy is to worried about looking over his shoulder and pressing. I would also put Davis back at first to fix that problem. He is a great athlete but still not a right fielder.

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I would get rid of the merry go round and give him the job and let the other guys go like Snider and Parmalee or trade them. I am all for competition but starting to wonder if each guy is to worried about looking over his shoulder and pressing.

See, I completely disagree. I like the rotation.

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