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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
What's wrong with Franklin is that he's 80 yrs old and operated without much margin for error to begin with. It has nothing to do with his problem being 'fixable', it's that LaRussa is a jackass that cares more about 'paying dues' than he does about talent.
This is a guy that would've absolutely watched Jason Isringhausen destroy the 2006 season had his arm finally not given out - paving the way for Adam Wainwright to save the day.
There's no legitimate baseball reason to this. It's just Tony being Tony.
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I hate it when you make me stick up for Tony. But just look at your own Izzy example. Tony pulled the trigger very fast on Franklin. Way faster than anyone ever dreamed he would pull the trigger. He didn't allow Franklin to destroy the season.
Delcaso is batting .200 and still starting because Tony thinks he may have soemthing in the kid.
He is going out of his way to get Craig in the lineup.
He is batting Rasmus against leftys.
Yesterdays line up was an example of his change, no matter how small that change.... 8 players out of 10 products of the farm system. Not all grizzled washed up veterans.