Let's Try This Whole Lineup Thing Again
by 0157H7 on Feb 20, 2009 1:04 AM EST
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PrintThere's been a lot of discussion about the lineup voting, which Randy started yesterday. [See here for more.] While I would never question the will of the voters, which we as citizens of the internet prize above all else, there were some complaints about the fairness of the results. After careful study and diligent review, I believe a solution has been found that will address everyone's issues. So, in the spirit of democracy, I'm going to relaunch the poll, to better reflect the will of the people.
Vote away!
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Ha. I'm going to find a way to utilize the next-to-last tag again.
"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?"
Oh, and the second Drew is clearly superior.
"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Dr. Pepper is a doctor?"
It's understandable.
The choices are SO GOOD, I wish I could vote for ALL OF THEM!
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
You can also say that
Even against only himself, there’s no way Drew is going to win a poll.
"Hey we got a lot in common here... I'm gonna rape you"
by MerryGoByeBye on Feb 20, 2009 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
I'd believe it.
Our intangible readers, like Tony La Russa, are intangibly voting for intangible options. There must be about a thousand intangible votes out there for David Eckstein or Mr. Cellophane himself, Derek Jeter.
"It's just a tiny little nick, but it hurts when I get champagne in there."
- Jason Bay, on getting spiked scoring the winning run in ALDS Game Four.
I tried to be funny and vote for the one that no one else would vote for...
and ended up being in the majority. Reverse psychology FAIL.
Lineups
I think it’s better to vote on a whole lineup rather than piece by piece. As I see it these are our three best options.
A.
1. Ells; 2. Ped; 3. Papi; 4. Youk; 5. Bay; 6. Drew; 7. Lowell; 8. Lowrie; 9. Tek
B.
1. Ells; 2. Ped; 3. Youk; 4. Papi; 5. Bay; 6. Drew; 7. Lowell; 8. Tek; 9. Lowrie
C.
1. Drew; 2. Ped; 3. Youk; 4. Papi; 5. Bay; 6. Lowell; 7. Ells; 8. Lowrie; 9. Tek
I would be fine with B or C
I do
And I realize that it applies to Youk least of all. My main concern was that Bay and Lowell back to back, but it’s not that big of an issue. Your lineup makes perfect sense, as I’ve said I’d rather have Papi cleanup, but I guess it doesn’t make a big difference. I think it’s been proven statistically somewhere that lineup order doesn’t really matter, and the only guideline should be to insert your hitters in order of decreasing abilities. Although I would argue that there are some exceptions.
Why put Ells ahead of Lowrie?
Wouldn’t C be better as Drew—MVP—Papi—Youk—New Guy—Mikey—Jeb—Ells—Corpse?
Because Ellsbury is an excellent distraction on the basepaths.
Pitchers are more likely to throw heat in an attempt to keep Ellsbury on 1B.
"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.
Because Lowrie isn't very powerful
He isn’t likely to hit a homer at any given moment, so it would be beneficial to have a base-stealer in front of him for him to drive in. And I’m done with this lineup discussion, because we all know that unless Ellsbury sucks in spring, he’ll lead off, followed by Dustin, Youk/Papi, Papi/Youk, Bay, Drew, Lowell, Lowrie/Tek, Tek/Lowrie.
Why not have three at the front, two on either side in a kind of pincer formation, and the other two on horseback?
Frankly, I find lineup talk a tad tedious. The way to maximise productivity, and to ensure we score 900 runs over the course of the season, is to do a Tonya Harding on Lugo and Varitek.
"no1 has time to read your long comments, are you writing a book?"
I can imagine it too
Unfortunately, it looks like Lugo was trying to play Tonya instead of Nancy:
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/gallery/02_22_09_sox?pg=6
(Jed Lowrie (left) had to jump out of the way of the three-year-old son of his competition for the shortstop’s job, young Julio Lugo (right), as he took part in wind sprints.)
Not cool using your kids to whack the competition. . . .
Actually, I think . . .
. . . he looks like a mash-up between Jason Bay and Jon Lester in the sit-down photo, and more like Mark Kotsay in the one with Lugo, Jr.
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