Friday RYAN CHURCH (picture here by Mike Collins http://www.collinsfoto.com/) was going to be platooned. Sunday he was back in the starting lineup. Today, well....
Regardless of what the Washington Nationals SAY, let’s look at what they DO.
To us it looks like Churchie, no matter what you call it, is being PLATOONED since Wily Mo Pena arrived. Church plays against righthanded pitchers only.
On Saturday he sat on the bench against Met lefthander Oliver Perez as Pena made his debut.
On Sunday Ryan played against Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, a righthander. On Monday he played again (this time in center field) against Houston righty Jason Jennings.
But tonight, against Astro lefty Wandy Rodriguez Church sat the bench again.
Some people might say that four outfielders are being shuffled into three spots. Uh, no. Pena and Austin Kearns have played every day. It looks like a Church/Nook Logan platoon to us!
Austin Kearns is an interesting case. Kearns remember has played all season and has been less productive than Church but there has been no talk of trading HIM or of platooning HIM.
Why? Well, he once played in Cincinnati with Wily Mo Pena when, guess who, Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, was GM there. Bowden also brought Logan to the Nationals. So of the four contending outfielders only one is not a Bowden recruit—that’s Church. Now all this Reds-ifying of the Nationals may be fine if the Reds had won anything while Bowden was there, but go look it up. They didn’t.
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It’s football season. Here’s Lompoc Locker Room’s first in a series of Lompoc football biographies of current college players. This one comes from Penn State’s official website.
"Making the transition from offense to defense, LYDELL SARGEANT spent most of the 2006 season as an effective reserve cornerback and an important member of the special teams, seeing action in every game. With the move of Tony Davis to free safety at the start of spring practice, the former wide receiver seized the opportunity to demonstrate his ability to become a significant contributor for the defense. He and A.J. Wallace likely will enter preseason camp competing for the starting cornerback spot opposite Justin King, Sargeant's long-time friend and a former classmate in the Gateway school district near Pittsburgh. Sargeant's substantial progress during spring drills gained the attention of the coaching staff, who selected him as the recipient of the Jim O'Hora Award as the defense's most improved player."
To us it looks like Churchie, no matter what you call it, is being PLATOONED since Wily Mo Pena arrived. Church plays against righthanded pitchers only.
On Saturday he sat on the bench against Met lefthander Oliver Perez as Pena made his debut.
On Sunday Ryan played against Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez, a righthander. On Monday he played again (this time in center field) against Houston righty Jason Jennings.
But tonight, against Astro lefty Wandy Rodriguez Church sat the bench again.
Some people might say that four outfielders are being shuffled into three spots. Uh, no. Pena and Austin Kearns have played every day. It looks like a Church/Nook Logan platoon to us!
Austin Kearns is an interesting case. Kearns remember has played all season and has been less productive than Church but there has been no talk of trading HIM or of platooning HIM.
Why? Well, he once played in Cincinnati with Wily Mo Pena when, guess who, Nationals general manager Jim Bowden, was GM there. Bowden also brought Logan to the Nationals. So of the four contending outfielders only one is not a Bowden recruit—that’s Church. Now all this Reds-ifying of the Nationals may be fine if the Reds had won anything while Bowden was there, but go look it up. They didn’t.
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It’s football season. Here’s Lompoc Locker Room’s first in a series of Lompoc football biographies of current college players. This one comes from Penn State’s official website.
"Making the transition from offense to defense, LYDELL SARGEANT spent most of the 2006 season as an effective reserve cornerback and an important member of the special teams, seeing action in every game. With the move of Tony Davis to free safety at the start of spring practice, the former wide receiver seized the opportunity to demonstrate his ability to become a significant contributor for the defense. He and A.J. Wallace likely will enter preseason camp competing for the starting cornerback spot opposite Justin King, Sargeant's long-time friend and a former classmate in the Gateway school district near Pittsburgh. Sargeant's substantial progress during spring drills gained the attention of the coaching staff, who selected him as the recipient of the Jim O'Hora Award as the defense's most improved player."
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