he is george hendrick. he is jack clark. well, he may be better. but those were our boppers long ago. imagine those teams with apu. love shu, but need someone between him and apu. not opposed to batting raz third (if his father replaces hal as hitting coach, and apu goes to 4, but that won’t happen, especially the former, and with tony, especially the latter). we are trapped if we must sign holliday. veering, uncontrollably, toward, figgins and a couple pitchers in the vein of smoltz/pavano. then again, i know we win the division, barring,,,don’t want to say the word, but the… unforeseen, with freese at third and craig in left and lackey as the 3. and is it not our position that the playoffs are a crapshoot, and that, from strongest to weakest, each team entering has from a 10 to 20 percent chance of flying the flag forever? i’d like to play in that lottery for the next five years, with a rolling five-year plan. just saying, think lud is under-rated, and his talent is midway between 2008 and 2009. some missed time and platoon bullshit hurt his counting numbers this year. oh, and he can play D. so how about lackey and the minor leaguers in lieu of matt (this has nothing to do with the game 2 miss)? that flub affected him though, and you know it. it would be painful to lose the walrus for…that…but no need to compound it. either the red sox or rays would have loved a walrus, probably because of salt water, but we didn’t go there. whatever we do we’ll make it to post-season, GOB willing, so let’s go there with lackey instead of holliday. good pitchers and good hitters both strand runners, but one is a positive. and it IS a skill, though Fortitude may be a better word, for pitchers to leave RISP, just watch waino buckle down, or carp struggle but battle. lackey is an upgrade over joel, and matt did not put us in the playoffs. thanks.