Gardenhire seems excited at the prospect that he'll have someone who isn't Luis Rodriguez as his main pinch hitter.
"[Luis] was a good hitter and put the ball in play," Gardenhire said. "But you want to walk up there and think that you'll have a chance..."
Sure, I misquoted Gardenhire by not providing the full quote, but I think when read this way we understand his true feelings. Also, let's not forget about the beginning of this quote where Gardenhire admits that all it takes to be a good hitter on the Twins is to put the ball into play. And people were probably wondering how Mr. Luis Rodriguez was still on the team, let alone their top option off the bench late in the game, when he only turned in a .219 AVG and .281 OBP.
Oddly enough, one of the players Gardenhire is excited about also only hit .219 last year, but provides a bit more power than Luis. Hello, Craig Monroe. For some reason I want to call you Retarded Craig, but I will refrain and just call you Crug Moron. What I don't get though is if all it takes to be a good hitter on the Twins is an ability to put the ball into play (Luis struck out 14 times in 155 ABs, Monroe struck out 107 times in 392) then why would you basically trade two useless parts for each other when you originally had the better of the two (albeit by your own standards)?
Lastly, who exactly was Luis pinch-hitting for?
Smart money is on Punto, the man who volunteered to be the team's lead off hitter this year.
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Luis isn't a "veteran bat", despite the fact that he is probably actually better than Craig Monroe. Also, did you know that Punto has been sometimes listed as a centerfielder? Maybe it's a 4 horse race between him, Span, Pride and Gomez?
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