Comments on: Time to bench The Bat? http://umpbump.com/press/2008/09/17/time-to-bench-the-bat/ In-your-face baseball commentary Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2008/09/17/time-to-bench-the-bat/comment-page-1/#comment-56720 Paul Moro Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:13:15 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/?p=2848#comment-56720 I think they need to keep Burrell in. Yes, he's striking out a lot recently - even for Burrell. And if there was more time left in the season, you can pretty much be certain that he'll break out again. But as you say, there's just no time left so no one knows what's going to happen. But this is when you need to trust your scouts. Unless Burrell's injured or his swings are irreparably broken, you keep him in. He's far better than So Taguchi, glove or no glove. I think they need to keep Burrell in. Yes, he’s striking out a lot recently – even for Burrell. And if there was more time left in the season, you can pretty much be certain that he’ll break out again. But as you say, there’s just no time left so no one knows what’s going to happen.

But this is when you need to trust your scouts. Unless Burrell’s injured or his swings are irreparably broken, you keep him in. He’s far better than So Taguchi, glove or no glove.

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