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Seriously, I love Torii as much as anyone. And I still think he can provide a lot to this team. But he can't play center field anymore thsi year. He just can't. It's obvious, and has been for a week. I don't know if you DH him, or rest him, or start him in left field or start him in right field, but you DON'T start him in center field any more than you start Jason Kubel in center field. Get over it.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
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Well, I'm glad someone said it. Torii's the best, I love him to death, his leadership and attitude are generally beyond reproach, BUT... that ankle is just not right (and may never be,) he's 31 and getting older fast (par for the course among athletes who play as hard as he does,) and he doesn't hit enough or in a disciplined enough fashion to justify his presence if he isn't running down gappers or bouncing off the wall by the 408 sign.
One caveat, though: he is still one of the clubhouse leaders, as near as I can tell, and we all know what happened last year after Torii went down. I'm not saying the same thing would happen again, just that I would feel remiss not mentioning it.
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