Opening Day for MLB begins tonight with the Yankees Red Sox at Yankee stadium.(WHY do I think that if ESPN HQ was here in, say Austin, we would have a LOT less Red Sox Yanks and a LOT more Rangers and Astros?) Interesting that the game is on replica Raymond Weil 2310.STG00808 Men's watch and GIRLS basketball is on the main ESPN.Can you believe that female athletes (wearing lots of clothes and not exactly looking like strippers) are on the main channel instead of Sox Yanks…..But anyway, OUR Opening Day is a little more than 48 hours away.And at this time, Phil Garner STILL has not finished the 25 man roster or given the Opening Day lineup.
Yesterday, on the Astros preview on Fox, Craig Biggio was labeled a “utility” guy.Very Interesting did they hear something privately and decide to keep it to themselves? Will Biggio or Burke start at second? Biggio has only played one game (part of it) in the OF this spring, so I kinda doubt that he will be starting out there.Which is a replica Raymond Weil 2710-ST-20001 Men's watch plan.Chris Burke has out-hit Biggio this spring .347 BA with 11 RBIs, 17 49 with a double, a triple and 2 HR .531 SLG% and is 3 fer 4 in SB while Biggio has a .292 BA (.354 SLG%) with 3 doubles, NO HR or SB.(sorry, I have no data on fielding, but I have SEEN Biggio field in a few games this spring and it isn't pretty…)
Your question, of course, is, if Biggio is not in the starting lineup, who will lead off? Well, a lead-off person should have a decent OBP (at LEAST .350) with a decent walk rate, so that OBP is NOT the same as BA and not be so slow (Jeremy Giambi, that is) that he is at risk of being thrown out in a lot of DPs.It would be REAL nice if he can steal bases, like at least 15 20 a year, with a success rate of at least 75% replica Raymond Weil 4878-ST-00668 Men's watch it would also help if he can hit if bases are NOT empty.These days, people are WAY too obsessed with HR, but the job of the leadoff man is NOT to hit HRs, it is to get on base and score runs, so personally I don't care if he hits ONLY singles or walks as long as he is a good base runner and has a high OBP.
