05-25-2009, 04:30 PM
<!--quoteo(post=39911:date=May 25 2009, 02:36 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ May 25 2009, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=39892:date=May 25 2009, 08:19 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 25 2009, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jake Fox needs to get called up yesterday. And can we please drop Patton already? For fuck's sake.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They're calling him up for interleague play it appears.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Jake Fox has a 13-game hitting streak at Triple-A Iowa and is hitting .423 with 17 homers and 50 RBIs in 37 games.
But if the Cubs call him up, it probably won't be until the final week of June, when they get to use a designated hitter in six interleague games against the White Sox and Detroit.
"We've talked about Jake, but where do you put him?" Piniella said. "We know he's swinging the bat really well. ... If he could play third base, that would be an obvious place. He's been playing third base a little more in Triple A, but that's a tough position to play.
"I know we're having trouble scoring runs, but, boy, if we give up many, it makes it more difficult. Maybe when we get into the American League and you need a DH, or we want to put him at first base and DH Derrek Lee one day, or something like that, that's a possibility."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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We'll be 10 games under .500 -- if we're lucky -- by the final week of June.
They're calling him up for interleague play it appears.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Jake Fox has a 13-game hitting streak at Triple-A Iowa and is hitting .423 with 17 homers and 50 RBIs in 37 games.
But if the Cubs call him up, it probably won't be until the final week of June, when they get to use a designated hitter in six interleague games against the White Sox and Detroit.
"We've talked about Jake, but where do you put him?" Piniella said. "We know he's swinging the bat really well. ... If he could play third base, that would be an obvious place. He's been playing third base a little more in Triple A, but that's a tough position to play.
"I know we're having trouble scoring runs, but, boy, if we give up many, it makes it more difficult. Maybe when we get into the American League and you need a DH, or we want to put him at first base and DH Derrek Lee one day, or something like that, that's a possibility."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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We'll be 10 games under .500 -- if we're lucky -- by the final week of June.