At 09:01 PM 4/4/2006, Wayne Makela offered the following:
>Hey guys,
>Don't worry, I'm not gonna start "Prince-bashing", haha. I like the
>guy. So far (as of this moment) he is 0-7 with 6 Ks on the year. Is
>he nervous?? Of course. But we don't need to give up on him. After
>all, what major league hitter has never struggled?? Here's what I'm
>suggesting. Move him down to #7 in the order and move the Hall/Koskie
>platoon to the #5 slot and see what happens.



I don't think that is a bad idea. In fact, they probably should have
started him out down there. But as they have hit him fifth twice
now, I would wait a while before I'd do it--I don't think it would be
good to jerk the rug out after a couple of bad games. Let him have a
couple of weeks to see if he gets himself on track in the five
hole. If it is getting to be late April and he is still struggling,
move him down.


Chris