Sweet. You pretty much guaranteed a Jason Lane monster day tomorrow. A thread is started about Brad Ausmus sucking and he goes on to be arguably our second best hitter since July 1st? Check. Constant whining all year about what a bust Chris Burke is only to see him become a Houston folk legend in a mere 8 ABs in the playoffs? Check. A couple of posters who are on the verge of strokes because their hatred of Lane? Huge day in NLCS game 3. Again, thanks in advance.
I don't know if I dislike Lane that much, but I do agree that he is pretty undisciplined and rather dumb at the plate at times. To me, it's a no-brainer to have Burke in there. The decision then comes to whether you want Berkman in right with Lamb at first.
Here is the division championship series against the Cards. Here is getting to the playoffs and past the braves with one win in St. Louis and headed back to Houston. What brought us here is a line up with Lane in it. Burke started last game, but has been coming off the bench mostly.
What brought us here is mostly Garner, Roger, Andy, Oswalt, Wheeler, Lidge, Morgan, Lance and Houston Chronicle. The next tier is Bradley, Bidge and NL East parity. The contributions of Lamb, Burke, Taveras, Lane (Mr. Hollow stats man), et al though commendable are/were not that critical to our success. Let me clarify - we could achieved similar or better results with different parts with the same core of 1st and 2nd tier of the players and factors that brought us thus far. And the thing that has gotten us thru to the point in the playoffs remains our pitching but we cannot be naive forever and expect 2 or less runs from every starter - they are no robots. That said, best wishes to Lane if he starts. I'd be happier if he did not.
To be fair to Lane, he was our #3 OPS hitter, #3 RBI man, #2 HR hitter, and #2 Doubles hitter. He's struggling right now, but he was a big part of our mid-season run that got us back in the playoff hunt.
Ridiculous doesn't even begin to explain this line of thinking. Hollow stats? So that home run to tie up the Cubs didn't mean jack? The man contributed all year and is in a slump like MOST of our offense... Ensberg isn't exactly hitting well outside of the first couple of Braves games.
Burke is starting in CF for Willy T according to 740 KTRH... this is the official lineup: Biggio Burke Berkman Ensberg Lamb Lane Everett Ausmus
Lane hit the go ahead RBI in today's game. He also made a great catch of So's ball hit to right field early. The much maligned Lane is the guy who hit the go ahead RBI in today's game.
