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Our sweet DP

Missed the game last night but was happily awakened this morning to watch the MLB.TV recap and see that absolute honey of a DP Figgins and Aybar turned in the first inning. Well worth a replay for all of you who have subscriptions to MLB.TV.

My man Desmond makes a wicked pick of the short-hop on his backhand, gives Aybar the flip in the perfect spot, and Aybar comes up with an absolute scorcher of a one-legged throw to gun down Mora with Markakis barreling in on his legs. Bang-bang.

As they say in the biz ... it was a "professional DP" ... and I know you'll all want to watch it again after church before going to the game! :)

Side note? Not really for certain if Howie starts that DP. He's not the greatest going to his backhand and Figgins really is the better natural 2B-man. I know the best infield for us right now is Desmond-Admiral-Howie-Krotch around the horn, but some strange part of me thinks the infield defence might be a little bit better with Howie at 3B and Figgy at 2B. (The downside to this is that Howie has no experience at 3B and Figgy has a helluva lot more of a cannon arm than Howie). Second side-note: In March I was the biggest skeptic ever about Aybar at SS, man am I happy to eat my words with healthy helpings of crow.

(Mind you, it would be nice if Figgy and Howie would both actually play in the same game for once ...)

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