He's started 9 of the past 12 games...obviously thats not "every day", but the crew's starting shortstop has only played in 10 of those 12 games...thats pretty close to an every day player if you ask me. And he's 6 for 33 (with a whopping 1 run scored, and now 2 RBIs on that smash yesterday). I agree, its great that the brewers have been able to win games in spite of him, but theyve also had the luxury of playing offensively inept teams like washington (granted, the padres arent much better), and i fear the tight game where the opposition puts up some runs and i notice that craig counsell and his .167 average with RISP is 0 for 4 with 4 left on base. as far as the fear of counsell batting leadoff if he strings a few good games together, he does have an .884 OPS when batting #1. I seem to remember on a few occasions being upset he was batting there and he would come out with a good game and prove me wrong. unfortunately he hasnt done that in the 6 hole.