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Of the five I mentioned originally, the longest leash probably belongs to Plouffe (mostly because there isn't a replacement for his power at third north of Ft. Myers. Next most secure would be Dozier, who has played very, very well in the field and has been decent in the last 3-4 weeks (.740 OPS as #1 hitter). I would put Parmelee next, again good defense at a new position and hints of power. After that, Florimon whose offense is at expectation right now and who has played better defense since the weather warmed up. I do believe that lack of other options is keeping Hicks in the major leagues right now. I think the lapses pointed out in the last two days are major, and that combined with a continuing drought at the plate makes him a prime candidate to be sent down for more seasoning.

Bremer did get one thing right tonight. He pointed out a number of players who were struggling. Parmelee has had two miserable offensive games in Fenway, Dozier got the sombrero today and, of course, Hicks is hitting .120 with deteriorating play in the field. Beyond that, Florimon's offensive numbers a drifting towards what was expected and Plouffe's stats are far from stellar. That is only the young guys who aren't established. Who will rebound, and who is headed for either the bench or Rochester?

Love the "Jenny, Jenny" reference!

I watched on DVR, and now am catching up. My recollection is "Fertile woman marries at Climax" and that it was on the Tonight show. Hicks might be benched or worse. First of all, he's still not hitting and secondly, it looks like he's taking it with him to the outfield. He misjudged the ball he caught and flipped to Dozier. Joe Benson would strike out just as much but I think he has a better chance of getting a hit right now and probably would play a better CF.

Hicks apparently benched for missing the cutoff man in the fifth inning last night. Carroll starts at short and leads off, Mauer DH, Doom behind the plate.

Has Pinto earned a promotion to Rochester? He should be a candidate for mid-season All-Star honors. I know he's splitting his time between C and DH, but he has really hit well.

Another Hermson? Tonight at least he got some strikeouts. I'd love to see more pitchers emerge, but what I'd like to see most is power arms.

Gomez should have stayed in the minors longer, no one questions that. Then he had the audacity to bloom in his mid to late 20s. Too bad for the Twins. They didn't hold on to him long enough.

Did you see him play? According to Baseball Ref, he was decent as an OF. It wasn't Vic Power that moved Allison, it was Tony-O, who was only a right fielder. Harmon would have been the DH--he was never a great fielder and always slow--Allison was pretty good in the OF IIRC and had a fine throwing arm.

Most left fielders catch that ball.

It had everything to do with Doumit staying in the game no matter what because he's the other catcher. It also got Doumit up with a chance to win the game, not necessarily defending the move, but trying to explain it.

Baily, Baily, Baily!

I don't know about the OPS of Ginger vs. Mary Ann, but sample size might have a lot to do with presentation.

So you vote Ginger? Like I said, my best friend thought Ginger, but he was wrong.

There was a movie called Stalag 17, done in the 50s, and I believe this was a takeoff of that. We could poke fun at the Nazis then and they didn't make any mention of Jew or Concentration Camps.

Beyond player, full-fledged perv.

I believe Mackenzie was usually coked out when the cameras were running.

Definitely thought Mary Ann was hotter. My best friend liked Ginger, but he was wrong.

Also, why couldn't Klink figure out that Hogan had tunnels out of the Stalag?

We can talk about old sitcoms. Which castaway was the hottest? Mary Ann or Ginger?

Burton won't be needed to hold a lead, so why not use him for an inning?

If this goes 14 or 15 innings, I will get over 1000 posts!

Napoli saves the game with his defense--whoda thought?

I'm looking forward to the 10th inning outfield of Doumit, Ramirez, Parmelee.