I could buy this when we had Macha. Roenicke doesn't seem like this at all though so not really sure where you are coming from. We didn't play the proven Morgan last year, we gave Aoki his shot. They were set to just give Gamel 1B until he got hurt. When Segura came to the team he played every day as the SS. They were willing to go to Jim Henderson as the closer last year. When Lucroy went down they leaned more on Maldonado. The only time he has favored a vet over a young guy was McGehee over Green in 2011 but I think that is more a product of him just not liking Green than anything and probably a product of McGehee having his hot streak right in the middle of the season and buying himself more time. Yuni started full time in 2011 because we didn't have another SS to play basically, it was a dead position. Aoki got his shot because Hart moved to 1B and Morgan was terrible, no other reason. Henderson was given a shot at closer because both Axford and K-Rod were just that bad. They didn't just have a rough patch, they were as bad as bad can be, for a long time. Don't think that both Aoki and Henderson were given shots out of the goodness of RR's heart. At that point, there was no other choice. NONE. The key to Maldonado playing was Lucroy getting hurt. Again, he had no choice other than to play the next guy in line. Lucroy was hurt, that is the only reason Maldonado giot his shot. McGehee should have been replaced by anyone MUCH sooner than it happened. RR gets no credit for that one either, that should have happened in July, but it didn't until playoff time. Kotsay starting in CF in a playoff game was perhaps the biggest blunder ever made by a Milwaukee Brewers manager. There is and was no excuse for that type of decision. It was completely asinine. I have zero faith in our manager to make managerial decisions that put our team in the best position to win games. He is an absolute doofus, and has no business calling shots for this team. This statement is accurate and truthful, as sad as it is: "when you have a manager like RR, you need to idiot proof the roster" The fact that we now have Yuni back on the roster, and a manager that will more than likely go out of his way to get him at bats is a reality, and it is frustrating.