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Possible Batting Order

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This afternoon's poor offensive showing by the Tribe prompted me to propose another possible batting order Eric Wedge could try. The offense needs to be sparked somehow.

1. Ben Francisco, RF - He has a .381 OBP since joining the team. It will give Grady Sizemore more RBI opportunities if someone else bats first.

2. Casey Blake, 3B - He has been hitting well at the nine sport and deserves to be moved up in the order to get more at bats.

3. Grady Sizemore, CF - With the first two batters getting on base, Grady will be able to drive in plenty of runs.

4. Jhonny Peralta, SS - He's been contributing offensively recently. He's still far from solid on defense.

5. Victor Martinez, C - Will he ever hit a home run?

6. Travis Hafner, DH - He's bound to hit well eventually, right?

7. Ryan Garko, 1B

8. Franklin Gutierrez, LF - He is athletic enough to make the switch to LF from RF.

9. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B - The only reason he is still in the lineup is for defense.

Let me know what you think.

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Well. As a huge Tribe fan I know all about the woes of the Tribe as of right now. I don't agree with your lineup. Alright I would give Francisco the chance to leadoff. He is actually my favorite player. I would just rather see him in the 2 hole. This is what i would do with the players we have right now.
Grady
francisco
Dellucci
Martinez
Hafner
Peralta
Garko
Cabrera
Blake- Last year they tried him in the two hole and it just didn't work he hits very well in the nine hole no need to change that.

Chengy: bye FN | 05/17/08, 09:28 PM

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