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[horseofcourse]

fukodome should bat leadoff. I've seen you talk about him. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 years running. It's his only skill. Why he bats 6th is a mystery. Not a great player by any means, but since you got him, at least utilize his only skill which is getting on base. Batting him 6th in front of 3 bad hitters is pretty much meaningless. He gets on base more frequently than anyone on the team except the DH. I'd actually want someone on base when Cabrera and Hafner bat, not when LaPorta and other bad players bat. A .370 OBP for 3 consecutive years is a pretty nice skill which is not prevalent on the team. use it.

I'm not gonna crucify Ubaldo until sometime during next season, which is when we'll know more about White and the progression of Pomeranz. Season's over so it really doesn't matter. I'll wait til next year though. (rockies have him cheap through 2013 or 2014 which makes me wonder why they traded him....this is the type of trade Shapiro was good at and this Antonnetti tried to do the reverse trade. Probably won't work, have to think one of the two pitchers we traded will end up really good, oh well. I am just going to hope Ubaldo does well despite his regression to his 2008 form. He wears the Cleveland laundary so I'll hope for the best.)