Who believes this?
Richard Justice posted this tidbit last week:
Garner made it clear on Sunday that Biggio will continue to play no matter what his numbers are. In a related note, Drayton McLane said he hadn't told his people to play Biggio. ''I've never told our manager and general manager to play anyone,'' he said.
Do we believe this?
I see a couple of possibilities.
1) McLane is not lying. He hasn't told Purpura or Garner to play Biggio every day. He had someone else do it, or he has made it clear nonverbally that Biggio should play every day.
2) Garner is a complete baseball fool.
While Garner is a poor tactician, it is impossible to believe that he thinks a guy with Biggio's diminishing skills, poor batting average, and poor on-base percentage should be leading off every day. No baseball guy -- and Garner is a baseball guy despite his tactical deficiencies at times -- can believe that.
It is much easier to believe that Purpura and Garner understand that a record is being pursued, that it's a big deal to the boss, and once it's gotten out of the way, they can turn their attention to trying to capture a sorry division.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/12/07 10:51 AM | Print | Comments (0)
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