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Mighty Bombjack
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I did not expect to be this pumped at ANY point in the season, but man am I already counting down to game time today. I have to enjoy it now because we all know baseball has a way of humbling a man real quick.
Now for some baseball talk: Walt Weiss did some interesting things with the lineup last night, as he apparently expected his young starter (Matzek) to get the early hook, so he batted him eighth and mixed up the rest of the positioning in anticipation of some creative double shifting (you AL guys may not know what I'm talking about). I didn't think the change of GM and overall management scheme would mean much this year, but it seems that the micromanagement of lineups and the bullpen/dugout are over and the team's designed flexibility can be put to use during a game, not just across games.
I guess that, as always, it pretty much boils down to the inevitable extended DL stint by Tulo and the use of 15+ different starters over the year, but I am riding high now because I really expected 0-4 as opposed to 4-0 (with a road sweep to open the season!).
Keep it going Rox!
Now for some baseball talk: Walt Weiss did some interesting things with the lineup last night, as he apparently expected his young starter (Matzek) to get the early hook, so he batted him eighth and mixed up the rest of the positioning in anticipation of some creative double shifting (you AL guys may not know what I'm talking about). I didn't think the change of GM and overall management scheme would mean much this year, but it seems that the micromanagement of lineups and the bullpen/dugout are over and the team's designed flexibility can be put to use during a game, not just across games.
I guess that, as always, it pretty much boils down to the inevitable extended DL stint by Tulo and the use of 15+ different starters over the year, but I am riding high now because I really expected 0-4 as opposed to 4-0 (with a road sweep to open the season!).
Keep it going Rox!
