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Who Should Bat Leadoff For The Mets Next Season?
The Winter Meetings and non-tender deadline have passed and it appears the Mets' free agent spending coffers are empty. Barring a traid of a cost-controlled youngster, there probably won't be any major transactions to talk about the rest of the month. So it's a great time for a seamheady discussion...
Lerew Reminds White Sox: You're Still A Few Bats Short
Free from the pressure of trying to continue one of the hottest streaks in team history and no longer able to beat up on the lesser National League, the Royals were supposed to provide a soft cushion for the White Sox return to American League play. The Royals sent some guy named Anthony Lerew to...
What Will Ozzie Guillen's Preferred Lineup Look Like?
In a word: UGLY Mark Kotsay is swinging a hot bat in the Cactus League, so Ozzie Guillen is apparently considering batting him 3rd against right-handers. Guillen is also "leaning towards" leading off Omar Vizquel over Alexei Ramriez or Juan Pierre against left-handers. I shouldn't have to tell you...
A Papi Poll: Where Should He Hit?
It looks like David Ortiz is finally being moved out of the No. 3 spot in the lineup. The only question now is this: Where does he go? If this was 10 years ago, the worst hitter on the team would bat 9th. But I don't think we're going to see Ortiz hitting 9th, even though he does have the "best"...
Who should finish out the Red Sox order in '09?
Mike Lowell won the last poll handedly, so it's time to figure out the last two spots in the lineup. Here's what it looks like now: Jacoby Ellsbury Dustin Pedroia David Ortiz Kevin Youkilis Jason Bay J.D. Drew Mike Lowell Poll is attached
Who should bat 7th for the Red Sox in '09?
The Red Sox lineup looks like this now: Ellsbury Pedroia Ortiz Youkilis Bay Drew Time for the seven spot. Poll is attached.
Who should bat 6th for the Red Sox in '09?
The OTM lineup, as of now: 1. Ellsbury, Jacoby2. Pedroia, Dustin3. Ortiz, David4. Youkilis, Kevin5. Bay, Jason And the new poll:
Who should bat 5th for the Red Sox in '09?
We're mowing these down. The lineup so far: 1. Ellsbury2. Pedroia3. Ortiz4. Youkilis Woo. I like what I'm seeing already. And the poll is attached.
Who should bat 4th for the Red Sox in '09?
Here's your OTM lineup so far: 1. Ellsbury2. Pedroia3. Ortiz Now let's battle for the 4th spot. Here's the poll.
Who should bat 2nd for the Red Sox in '09?
OK, now I think we need to go all the way down the order. The "leadoff" poll was great success, so why don't I keep doing polls until we figure out what the OTM community things should be the lineup? This one should be an easy one, but I might as well do it if I'll do one through nine.
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