THIS JUST IN... Joe Torre has more faith in Eric Stults than Juan Pierre (courtesy of Dodgers.com):
Dodgers manager Joe Torre, taking a page from St. Louis manager Tony La Russa's playbook, batted outfielder Juan Pierre ninth in Wednesday night's lineup against the Giants.
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"I almost did it [April 12 in Arizona], but I changed my mind," said Torre. "It seems like a situation, with a player like Pierre, he'll be freer to steal and stuff and have Furcal behind him instead of the pitcher."
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"I'll bat 11th if that's the way to get in the lineup," said Pierre. "I ain't never done it [bat behind the pitcher], but I'm happy to play today and that's it."
Ah, yes, the old "it seems like a situation... he'll be freer to steal and stuff..." line. In reality, Joe knew Juan was essentially an out waiting to happen, as he has been since he got to LA 2+ years ago, and figured it was worth a shot to let Stults hit in front of him. As it turns out, Stults barely lasted long enough to hit at all, but the point was made.
I hope that, going forward, Juan gets his wish to bat 11th. The only way that will happen is on some rec league softball team where everybody bats. Lord knows the only way he can help the Dodgers is to be playing left-center and batting 11th for the Westside Bombers of the City of Northridge Wednesday Night D-League and staying as far away from Dodger Stadium as possible.
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i heard this gem from the MLB network the other day and almost spit up my beverage in the process. matt vasgersian (excuse the spelling) was commenting on the dodgers depth in the outfield and made the absolute insane remark that juan "the out making machine" pierre would start on over 20 other MLB teams.
my response to that would be short and simple;
"no matt, he wouldn't"
i happen to like matt (most of my favor can be attributed to his work on the MLB the Show video game), but the man needs to do his homework.
go westside bombers.
in all seriousness... i dont know if i would let jaun pierre start for our sunday night team... he would probably platoon with the other three out fielders but he woukd probably play catcher... we could probably use his speed as our pinch runner every inning though... this is allowed in softball.
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