yeah, he's done a great job of taking ABs away from votto, who's clearly the better player. Hatteberg made his first start since April 10th today. Yeah, really taking ABs away. Just bash him for his 9-14 record and stop reaching for other stuff. Yeah, that was a bit of a reach. But don't fool yourself into thinking the Dustman will fair to young players even half the time. Give the man a viable option/excuse, and watch what happens. No reaching is necessary, he has done it consistently his entire career. But even if he mends his ways, you can still look forward to some of the worse in game management in recent memory. to be fair, you couldn't have "in game managed" any worse than Lou did in Game 1 vs. the Rockies a few days ago