The Hamilton Decision

We need to discuss whether you agree with sending him or not.  Hint: the answer should be not
-Hunter


I disagree, no problem with sending him... I think it shows the stupidity of trying to protect him.
-Nathan



Similar logic.  I just think if we're all about protecting him and not letting him play CF, there's no way you can justify sending him.  either let the man play or protect him 100%.  Cant have it both ways.
-Hunter


Yeah, I think that is well said and I add to it that when you play carefully you are at the greatest risk for injury
-Nathan

I disagree with wash's/JD's decision to protect him and play Borbon too, but that's their decision.  Once that decision is made, its up to the other coaches/players to act accordingly and obey the first time.  Dave/Josh clearly acted contrary to what the organization would have wanted given their intentions on protecting Josh and so to that end, I blame Dave.  Second in line for blame is obviously Borbon.

-Hunter


Obviously you guys saw him slide in at home. How does the guy get hurt diving like that?  It wasn't even a collision.  The only option was to dive really, so just a freak injury for sure.  I don't think there was anything or anyone to blame, besides brittle bones from a history of drug abuse. 
-Deevo

If they would just have played our best lineup, with Hamilton in CF, then his baseball brain would have been satisfied and he wouldn’t have felt the need to contribute by forcing the issue on the basepaths.

Things I blame on Julio Borbon:

1.       Got picked off 1^st
2.       Hit into a DP
3.       Popped up bunt attempt
4.       Made Young and Cruz drop popup
5.       Got Hamilton hurt

To his credit he did make a nice unnecessary diving attempt at a ball that landed 10 feet from his outstretched glove.

-Nathan