Ray Durham has been hitting 3rd for the Giants (*sigh*). Why is a guy who leads the team in hitting into double plays (aka "AJs"; named for the man who redefined the art, AJ Pierzynski) hitting ahead of the one semi-legit threat (Bonds) in the lineup? And how exactly does a guy hitting behind Mendoza AllStars like Dave Roberts and Omar Vizquel (hey, they're table setters, the table just happens to be in Somalia) manage to lead the team in AJs? Are the pitchers reaching too often (related note: Noah Lowry, who has an OBP of about .070 has been doing a lot of pinch hitting recently; next up: Molina the pinch runner)?
To top it off, he's incapable of hitting a sac fly. Even Carl Lewis couldn't score on a fly ball to medium shortstop, Ray. (Attention Brian Sabean: I know he's in his 40s or 50s by now, but DO NOT go and sign Carl Lewis. Please join the rest of us in this millennium and stop trying to put together the year 2000 All Star team or the 1984 Olympic team. Rule of thumb: if they look old enough to have served in Vietnam, don't sign them. If they look old enough to have attended the Gettysburg address, don't sign them - sorry Benito.)
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