After watching another Indians loss this evening, it's becoming evident this is just a bad team and its Manager is really sucking. But today's lineup included:

Luis Valbuena leading off! Disregard his 2 doubles, he scored neither time and also had 2 whiffs tonight. He is now hitting a robust .191. Rick Manning says don't pay attention to his average, pay attention to his at-bats. That is spin directly from the top. I love his glove, hate his bat. One more thing. Tuck that shirt in!

Chris Gimenez in leftfield. Umm...why? It was only his 5th game, first start in leftfield to officially become a Spork. He whiffed twice, as well. Now hitting .200. Was pinch-hit for by Jamey Carroll in the 7th. Enough said.

Josh Barfield at second base. Only his third start this season. Whiffed twice, too.

But this is as key an issue with Wedge that I have with him this year. Hey, I'm all for getting people playing time, but do all three of these guys need to be in there in the same game? Granted, Valbuena has to get the majority of playing time due to Cabrera's injury. But the other two starting on no more than a whim, I don't understand it. The wholesale changes he makes in a lineup are killing me.

Another favorite topic with Wedge reared its ugly head on the pitching side tonight. Anyone wanna explain why Jensen Lewis came out for a third inning? Predictably, he got tired from pumping that fastball and the Brewers nicked him for three runs in the 8th. The opponents batting average against this stiff on pitches 1-25 is .236. Any idea as to what it is on pitches 26-50? That would be .387 with an OPS of 1.215. Now, if I know that, why don't the clowns in the dugout know it?

I thought tonight was winnable (10 hits, 7 walks), but it didn't happen. Now the Indians are nine games below .500. Oh, they've been out of it for a while, but it's becoming tougher to watch with a clear head.

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