DeRosa Traded to Indians

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=40992:date=May 28 2009, 10:38 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ May 28 2009, 10:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40985:date=May 28 2009, 09:22 PM:name=Fella)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Fella @ May 28 2009, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->FWIW my argument really had nothing to do with DeRosa, it was a horrible trade, but we still have good hitters (if they were actually hitting). My biggest problem is blaming 6 shitty games on handedness, I don't buy it and never will, its bullshit. It was not a completely right handed lineup and saying Zambrano and Fuk don't count because they sucked and were pitcher respectively is ridiculous. Z is hands down the best hitting pitcher in the entire league not to mention he has double and walked in the playoffs. And Fuk last season was playing just as well as Fontenot has this this year, you can't have it both ways.

Bottom line, if it was that big of a problem, Lou should have played Fontenot every game and carried Hofpauir on the roster. Edomonds was a .900 OPS lefty in every game, Fontenot was a .900 OPS lefty that easily could have played every game, Fuk should have at least made the pitcher do something different like we all keep hearing they didn't have to.

Even after these moves this off-season we only added a total of one left handed bat to our 'A' lineup, when everyone is healthy. <b>Its not gonna matter, we lost because we played awful and shit our pants after the Loney grand slam.</b> It showed up in our defense, it showed up in our offense and it showed up in our baserunning.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Please, they shit their pants when they walked on the field, the last 2 seasons.
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If that's truly the case, then we need to gut this team from top to bottom because adding a couple of players isn't going to fix it.