Want Some Positive Mojo, Play the Rookies

“If you play your best players, you field your best team and have the best chance of winning” effect.

But it also has to do with players playing to win no mater how good/bad the pitching is. Not just playing because the coach pencils you into a spot.

This post.

Play the rookies especially in the too-large-for-Vernon-Wells-to-patrol outfield in Arlington!

With that said, I would still prefer to see Mike Trout and Hank Conger.

The team was on a 6 game winning streak at the start of the game, what happened to the “mojo” with that?

The Halos usually play well against the crappy teams, and don’t show up against the good teams. The game was over well before the 6th when it was 11-0; the comeback after that was meaningless as the game never was in doubt.

I’ll say it again: the 2011 Halos are a tease.

Never underestimate the power of mojo.

We constantly hear that Trumbo’s walk-off was the key to our resurgence. But there were also meetings with Mathis, Wells, and Abreu followed by major lineup shakeup including the rookies for the Baltimore series. The offense numbers surged! Aside from playing one of the worst teams in baseball, I think the shakeup energized the team and focused the veterans. After Scioscia saw a spark or two from Wells (who has been making meaningful contact recently) and Abreu he pulled back from the shakeup plan. He’s got to stay with it!

How much more OBVIOUS does it have to be??? Some players are simply winners and it appears he is one of those kind of players…the stats bear that out thus far at all levels.

I have heard the announcers (Mota) say what their record is when he appears in a game, but never when he starts. They play 9 innings for a reason.

He has appeared in 4 other games as a late inning replacement and the team is 1-3 because verNone’s damage has already been done either with the bat (see “lack of”) or with the glove (see “lack of”)!

I have grown weary of making essentially this same post about the team’s record when Mike starts…nose on your face Soth!

that the streak had to do with the release of dead weight- Wells and Mathis in particular were weighing down the team with poor defense and weak “swing at first pitch” at bats for the former, and non clutch batting from the latter. Limit these two from being on the field on a regular basis! Play Conger, play Trout, play anyone but Vernon Smells and Jeff Mathshits!

I hope this works

That’s James Brown during the mid 70’s! The rest…Goddang!

1-Bourjos-CF
2-Callaspo or Izzy-3B (indifferent between the two, like both of them)
3-HK-2B
4-Hunter-RF
5-Trumbo-1B
6-Wells-DH
7-Trout-LF
8-Aybar-SS
9-Wilson-C

This is a huge game for the team and the line up choice is tough. I put Wilson at C because he and Santana have seemed to click (maybe it does not matter and Conger should catch, maybe I think too much like Soth). I started Wells because he seems like he is hitting again and we need some pop. We don’t have a lot of good choices against lefties —I would like to see more playing time for Branyan against righties.

Now I have been reading what a lot of people have been putting and it all makes sense.

It makes sosh job hard, should he put hank in against a leftie whenm he has no exsperience against them at this level?

but than again if he doesn’t put him in he is being waistted on the bench, also with trout he says he wants to play him and trout has been doing pretty well. BUT he wants his vederans to step up and show his rookies how to play.

it is a hard desision and I personally think he made the wrong choice.

Like most of you I think he should put Trout in LF and Wells at DH, I want to see Hank play more but I understand why he isn’t playing….well I hope I’m wrong and he didn’t make the wrong choice, besides I haven’t seen 4000 games! haha ;)