Brilliant.  TLR is brilliant.  He must be.  He some how has been able to justify to himself for over a month now that Ludwick has to sit regularly against righties so that Duncan can play.  Ludwick is hitting the ball like one of the 5 best hitters in baseball but he has now sat out 2 of the last 3 games while the team also had 2 off days in the same week of games.

Maybe TLR can justify a reason to bench him tomorrow.  Like.....the 2 Ks he had in 4 ABs that Ludwick has ever had on a Wednesday game after a Tuesday dinner of medium well steak and a backed potato.  Better play those odds, they dont look good for Luddy!

Maybe then if TLR is lucky he can sit Ludwick just enough that he fucking losses his timing a little and his OPS will drop to Matt Holliday levels instead of Pujols levels.  Surely at that point playing Duncan (or really any of our other OFs) in place of Luddy will actually make sense.

Maybe Schu can have another game winning hit sometime in June so that we might be able to overlook the fact that he has a .740 OPS but gets to start everyday because he's the only player in the Cards organization capable of "leading off."

Maybe all other managers and all other baseball fans are just idiots.  I personnally would think there would be a way to play Ludwick everyday and just rotate which of the other OFs sits.  But I am not a genius like TLR so I am not capable of understanding his brilliant logic.

TLR you are brilliant.  You are the sole manager in baseball with the ability to dig deep in to those splits, especially the tiny little ones made up of 4 or 5 ABs, and realize that the bench is the best place for Ludwick to be to help our Cards win games.  For a moment tonight i almost thought Luddy might hit his 14 HR of the season but his bat couldnt quit reach the outside corner while SITTING ON THE BENCH!  Must be Luddy's fault not yours, next time he just needs to use a longer bat.