12-31-2009, 03:22 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->The addition means the Cubs will have seven right-handed hitters in the everyday lineup, assuming Jeff Baker starts at second. Last year the Cubs wanted to get more left-handed, a strategy that didn't exactly work.
Hendry said he isn't concerned that the Cubs lineup will lack balance in 2010.
<b>"We won 97 games two years ago with a lineup that was predominantly right-handed," he said.</b>
If Hendry had stuck to that philosophy last winter, the ill-fated Bradley experiment would never have played out in the first place.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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Hendry said he isn't concerned that the Cubs lineup will lack balance in 2010.
<b>"We won 97 games two years ago with a lineup that was predominantly right-handed," he said.</b>
If Hendry had stuck to that philosophy last winter, the ill-fated Bradley experiment would never have played out in the first place.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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