The Jeckyl and Hyde that is...

[anemic offense]

...Jim Hendry. Seriously what gives folks? He and Fleita have done an admirable job (at the very least) with a once moribund farm system and we've also seen the masterful trades he's been able to pull off, but the free agents? Latroy, Mercker, Burnitz (he's been decent but he was NEVER what this team needed), Maddux, Blanco, Macias (trade?), and Remy have all been relative disasters(either soley on performance and/or in conjuction with outrageous contracts). If Hendry could even have done a MARGINABLE job filling lineup gaps with quality free agents this team wouldn't be in nearly the quandry it is now.

 

Just to make sure I'm clear on this, I am in no way advocating a Hendry oust, to the contrary I'm a big Hendry supporter. But for this team to be successful, both now and in the future he's GOT to do a better job at this. We cannot consistently usher out lineups with next to 0 OBP and contact guys along with BP pitchers who implode on a regular basis. Not to mention compouding these problems tenfold when you hire managers who impose blind faith thereby maximizing these deficiencies on their team.