Can't tell you what they are thinking but I guess they just want another short innings guy. Burns was more of a long relief guy. Maybe they feel that smith has the ability to pitch well right now in the majors even though we haven't seen it yet. edit: AOL-speak (replaced "u" with "you") --1992
It actually does increase the chances of scoring after factoring in how poor of a hitter Kendall is. You move a runner into scoring position so we need only 1 hit to score. I would agree with you on not bunting on probably half of the Brewers position players, but I still do not understand not bunting Kendall.
Too bad for Parra, looked like he would finally get a good start in there.. I still cant believe Chipper hit that out tho, the ball is carrying like crazy Even tho manny is pretty horrible, he still has some bad luck YEAH BRAUN!
That last pitch to Braun looked like something he would have just crushed last year... starting to get pretty concerned about him as I think health must be an issue