By simply watching Weeks play this past month, and impartial observer would have a difficult time saying he was above average in any way. Right, but when compared to his peers at 2B, he has been above-average for a month+ Just for the sake of argument, even if we did agree that he was playing average for 2nd this last month, he still is well below average for a leadoff hitter and that is also unacceptable. For my quick-&-dirty guess, he's probably been about average amongst lead-off men for July ---> early Aug. You certainly bring objectivity to the discussion, but your expectations of what is "acceptable" & "unacceptable" are too extreme for my tastes. You know, I thought about that as the play happened and it was not that easy of a play (if we are thinking of the same one). The ball was hit hard and took an awkward bounce at the end. This happens in baseball, and Weeks gets absolutely raked over the coals when it happens to him. It was a routine play relative to MLB difficulty, and Durham positively should have made it if he's held to the standard that Weeks is. Weeks has the athletic ability to be a gold glove 2nd baseman, its the lack of fundamentals that keep getting in the way. I can't disagree with this at all.