Baseball - make your lineup and defend it

Who cares - CF
Who cares - SS
Who cares - 3B
Who cares - DH
Who cares - C
Who cares - 1B
Who cares - RF
Who cares - LF
Who cares - 2B

My defense of this is that we're terrible and probably not going to get far better. One thing is for sure, the exact makeup and order of the lineup right now doesn't matter at all.

Heck - SS
Collins - C
Brown - RF
Hump - DH
Holland - 2B
Vickerson - LF
Rea - 1B
Robson - CF
Gridley - 3B

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Originally Posted by Smitty

Heck - SS
Collins - C
Brown - RF
Hump - DH
Holland - 2B
Vickerson - LF
Rea - 1B
Robson - CF
Gridley - 3B

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If you put Collins in the 2-hole, he'll be bunting

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Originally Posted by BankerDog

1) Robson-CF
2) Brown-RF
3) Collins-C
4) Hump- 1B
5) Gordon- DH
6) Rooker- LF
7) Holland- 2B
8) Heck- SS
9) Britton- 3B

Off the bench:
Vickerson
Gridley
Smith
Walker

Britton had knew surgery during the fall and Cohen has refused to play him until Kentucky. We saw what he did then. Knew flared up again the next day, didn't play. If he is healthy he should be in the lineup

I never wanna hear about Spurill, Waddell, or Swinarski again. I've seen enough practices of Swinarski to know he can't hit anything. Another overrated guy. He might be worse then Bunky K under Polk.

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Good info on swinarski. What's your take on Rooker?

I like Rooker's potential. You have to remember this is his first live, in-game action he has seen since high school. He is going to have his growing pains, but he will be okay. He has showed a lot of power potential in practice. It doesn't help that Cohen changes the line-up every game and does not let guys get into rhythms on the field. It also doesn't help that he loves to bunt. He needs to stop letting Butch recruit these dual guys, then try to keep them as pitchers (Cole Gordon for example). Also since I am on it, the new coach Dillon is the hitting coach, that's why the player's are on 1st coaching. But it is still Cohen calling these bunts.

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Originally Posted by BankerDog

I like Rooker's potential. You have to remember this is his first live, in-game action he has seen since high school. He is going to have his growing pains, but he will be okay. He has showed a lot of power potential in practice. It doesn't help that Cohen changes the line-up every game and does not let guys get into rhythms on the field. It also doesn't help that he loves to bunt. He needs to stop letting Butch recruit these dual guys, then try to keep them as pitchers (Cole Gordon for example). Also since I am on it, the new coach Dillon is the hitting coach, that's why the player's are on 1st coaching. But it is still Cohen calling these bunts.

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Totally agree with you on Rooker. He's going to have a good career for us. He represented Tennessee in the National Power Showcase, and to me he's the front runner to replace Rea next year. He has enough speed and athleticism to play the OF as well. I agree with you about Gordon as well.

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Originally Posted by BankerDog

1) Robson-CF
2) Brown-RF
3) Collins-C
4) Hump- 1B
5) Gordon- DH
6) Rooker- LF
7) Holland- 2B
8) Heck- SS
9) Britton- 3B

Off the bench:
Vickerson
Gridley
Smith
Walker

Britton had knee surgery during the fall and Cohen has refused to play him until Kentucky. We saw what he did then. Knee flared up again the next day, didn't play. If he is healthy he should be in the lineup

I never wanna hear about Spurill, Waddell, or Swinarski again. I've seen enough practices of Swinarski to know he can't hit anything. Another overrated guy. He might be worse then Bunky K under Polk.

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I think Swinarski made a mistake skipping his senior year in high school. He does have a BIG hole in his swing. He has also had some concussions and things like that which have stunted his development. Swinarski may very well be a bust- and odds are good that is what will happen. But it's too soon to give up on him IMO.

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Originally Posted by JohnnyQuid

Had people arguing with me in the Saturday auburn thread who were fine with starting Waddell over rea. Blew my ****ing mind. I went and looked and he leads the team in walks and over .500 obp. Has he struggled some? Yea but pretty much can be said for anyone on the team at this point. Like you, I just don't get the rea hate.

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I'll bet our SS and third basemen want Rea over at first.