are the CUBS just stupid?

[George_Foreman]

why on earth did they move patterson back up to leadoff and hariston jr. down to 8th? hairston's OBP is .359, patterson's is .295. we're talking a leadoff hitter with a SUB-.300 OPB. common, guys!! don't you want someone on base for aram, lee, etc.??

[zergeR]

mets?

[This is the year]

probably just force of habit

[TheYanks04]

Either a pavlovian response or someone is just tryng to be funny with a nnot so good use of sarcasm?

[j24jags]

1-not the mets, the cubs
2-patterson has been hitting the ball great from the 1-slot

[George_Foreman]

probably just force of habit

you nailed it; i'm a braves fan. >_<

i'll edit it to say the cubs.

[TheYanks04]

It's Dusty BAker...nuf said.

Who is the closer for today?

[Mustangs989]

2-patterson has been hitting the ball great from the 1-slot

Not really, while he's hitting better there than in the 2nd slot he's still not hitting well from the leadoff spot. .271/.327/.396 doesn't seem too great to me. Patterson is not a top of the lineup hitter, despite his speed.

Who is the closer for today?

Zambrano, I'm sure all the Dusty haters will be saying they left him out for too many pitches. But with the Cubs bullpen struggles he's the best option IMO.

[beltrans_boy]

The actual order of the lineup has VERY little bearing on the actual run production of a team.

[George_Foreman]

i'm sure putting sub-.300 OBP players right in front of your high-OPS guys will decrease run production. if you've got data that says otherwise, i'd be very interested to see it.