Jeff Blair
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Because that's why I brought him in here.
But I don't buy the argument that they're a better team with him at third base.
I do not buy that argument.
I think to be, if you're saying, how are they better in balance?
To me, it's with Ernie Clement at third base.
Better defensive midfield.
That could be anybody.
Schneider can be Sosa.
Better defensive infield.
Ernie third, Jimenez short, Schneider second, or somebody else at second, or Okamoto at third, Jimenez short, and Ernie at second.
You see, here's the thing.
We got him.
No, you know what?
I've always thought there's a โ I've never used the term benched in baseball.
To me, if you're playing a sport like hockey where you got three games a week and you miss a game, you're being benched.
You're playing baseball where you play seven days a week.
To me, that's not being benched.
How many times have we seen this team give a guy who's going well a day off?
We've seen it a lot.
That's the high-performance department and all that stuff they're measuring.