Point the finger at Riggins and say what? That he somehow made Dempster, Garza and Zambrano bad at pitching? That would be impressively dumb, even for meatballs.
I still wish Quade would use Marshall more often as the setup man. Don't we have a pending need for long relief? I like Marshall better for that. What? No. That's a waste of Marshall. Long relief is usually garbage time.
A) Hopefully he's only a 1-year option until we land Pujols or Fielder He's only signed to 1 year. I thought he had a team option for a 2nd. Nope. $5 million of his $10 million is, however, deferred to 2012.
He was really good last year, too, as well as 2006-2007 and 2007-2008. He's really been undervalued by tons of Bulls fans due to injuries and a couple of less than stellar seasons.
He's really not that much worse a hitter against lefties as opposed to righties. Hell, most of his power show last season was against LH pitchers. Granted, he's had more PA against lefties, but I think he's just slumping in general.
NO, THAT'S ALL BASEBALL, YOU MORON. Drives me nuts when managers bring up the pitcher saying they don't want to come out. It seems like such a cowardly deflection when pretty much no professional pitcher is going to seay they want to come out unless they're physically unable to pitch.