QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 3, 2008 -> 06:06 PM)
Well, I don't think Hawk will be forgetting to fawn over Carlos Gomez when we're playing the Twins if Getz or Lillibridge are our leadoff hitters for significant chunks of 2009.
I don't think anyone can mention those names with 100% confidence...it's like a dart you throw at the wall and hope will stick, like batting Swisher there.
Getz, from everything I've read, is the perfect 2 hitter, just like Cabrera would/could have been had we other options at leadoff.
Actually Gomez was a pretty brutal leadoff guy... that's why he batted 9th and Denard Span lead off.
Gomez played like Rickey against us, but we fed him a steady diet of fastballs. He had a sub .300 OBP and struck out 142 times because every other team in the majors realized he couldn't touch a breaking ball.