by bomp helium » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:37 pm
ya gotta love that HAL!
On a whim I let him/it pick my lineup vs. lefthanders. In his first try, he left Bernie Williams on the bench and started Howie Clark (!), a .050, 4e11 afterthought who literally can't get on base against LHP. HAL batted him second.
In the second game, he again kept Williams on the bench, and also benched J.D. Drew, a 9.07 million superstar. HAL put Ricky Ledee (.63) in center and old Howie was back there in RF. HAL, who seems to have a soft spot for .50 players (he probably was one himself) batter Howie second again.
If anyone can explain this logic I'd like to hear it.
It's happened before with McEwing and Desi Relaford, where I had to break up the team to dump these .050 guys because HAL insisted on playing them at every opportunity.
Sure, I'm mad, but it's nothing a few beers won't cure.
But HAL will NOT be making out any more lineups.