Comments on Basement Dwellers: Reflections on Today's Game (4/12/06)

@John - Well, Richie will (probably) give you more...

2006-04-13T14:29:00.000-04:00

@John - Well, Richie will (probably) give you more power, while Hatteberg will (probably) give you better OBP. I'm not overly enamored with either of them, but I think platooning them at 1B seems like a reasonable idea, and that seems to be Narron's plan. Ideally, of course, I'd have Dunn at first, aurilia at 2b, and freel in left. But that's more for defense than for offense. I think Dunn could become a very good defensive first baseman. He's athletic and is a nice, big target. He also performed well there last year.

@Brian, I've updated the link--thanks. I think the enquirer did something funny, as the new link is basically the same notebook but includes the info about Rhule as well as another story.

And yeah, that Dunn quote is a good one. I'll see about adding it, as well as Dunn's thin mint quote from Hal's piece.

The article you linked for Vern Ruhl is Fay's note...

2006-04-13T13:17:00.000-04:00

The article you linked for Vern Ruhl is Fay's notebook. It doesn't discuss Ruhl. It des, however, include an item for you Adam Dunn quote watch:

As soon as Austin Kearns got into the clubhouse at Wrigley Field Tuesday, he went looking for the stat package.

"I'm checking right now, Dunner," Kearns said.

Kearns was checking to see if Adam Dunn was leading the National League in sacrifice flies. Dunn was tied with David Wright of the New York Mets and Bobby Abreu of Philadelphia for the NL lead with two.

"Was there any doubt?" Dunn said. "You want sacrifice flies, you've got 'em."

What do you think about Aurilia as a regular at fi...

2006-04-13T09:11:00.000-04:00

What do you think about Aurilia as a regular at first vs. Hatteberg? My gut feeling--without looking at any statistical implications of such a move--is that I'd rather have his bat than Hatteberg's, and he seems to field the position adequately despite his inexperience.