why not Dunn?

He really wants to get new information out there, but it’s terribly hard to do it in such a fashion that is accessible to the Enquirer readership. He plans on this being a weekly thing, but at this point we’re still just trying to change the language of baseball talk. That’s the main reason why on base percentage is being emphasized so much. John feels like we need to hammer that home in order for it to settle in with the general audience. I agree with him.

So, don’t expect to see a lot of detailed analysis like you’d find here or on Justin’s blog. For one thing, there just isn’t enough space. But if we can get people to start thinking from a wider perspective, I think we’ll be successful. I never expect people to talk in numbers, but if they can understand that there is more than just BA/HR/RBI/SB to evaluate a hitter, then my pathetic life will be just a little less pathetic.

Plus, my mom says she’ll make some butterscotch cake after the 10th time I get my name in the paper and it’s not in the police blotter section.

I, for one have, continually thought that Kepp should lead off. Love Ede at the 3 spot and if Donkey gets 50 more ABs for Cool God’s sake lets do it.

Kepp
Dunn
EdE
Votto
BP
Grif
Freel
Bako/Ross
Pitcher

Sure beats today’s approach.
However I don’t think that the rationale for keeping Jay Bruce down in AAA is strong enough. The guy is going to hit and hit for power no matter what level he’s at.. A few weeks with Adam and he’ll start getting the hang of taking a walk to two. He’s just too damn good not to be up and working on figuring out Major League pitching. Esp. now when this big club is going absolutely nowhere.

It seems like not a lot of people are checking out and/or commenting on that which occurs below the ‘Stat of the Day’.

I haven’t cleared this with the higher-ups but I am of the opinion that if you have something other than an autographed Todd Benzinger baseball that you want to share at Red Reporter, you should just go ahead and make it a full-on FanPost.

I think if FanShots start to become overrun with posts that are little more than quotes from somewhere within the MLB universe or links to FJM or cool pictures, maybe we’ll have to revisit the FanGuideLines and FanByLaws. But until then… FanShots are for sissies.

John and Paul. You all seem to have called out Paul for his insistance on the importance of the W/L record. Just wondering if John and Paul get along, and what their work relationship is like.

(And yes, this is a Beatles trivia question. The W/L record was a collection of b-sides that never saw production)