Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site water.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!water!abgamble From: abgamble@water.UUCP (abgamble) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Aieeee Message-ID: <711@water.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Jul-85 10:23:41 EDT Article-I.D.: water.711 Posted: Fri Jul 19 10:23:41 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Jul-85 11:32:54 EDT References: <271@CS-Mordred> <702@fisher.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 20 > Incidentally, I can't believe he had the hutzpah to start Kennedy > ahead of Virgil and Pena. Both outpower him, both outhit him, and > Kennedy certainly doesn't outfield either of them. Kennedy DOES have > more rbi's, but that's because he bats in the middle of a productive > San Diego order rather than in one of the leaner offenses in > Pennsylvania. > > David Rubin > {allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david I think the main reason that Dick started Kennedy was that Hoyt was pitching. He probably felt that Kennedy would be able to call a better game for Hoyt (having caught him all season), and I don't think he wanted to give Virgil and Pena (the opposition) a chance to work closely with his Ace. Bruce Gamble