I do not understand what is possibly going on in Melvin's brain. I would love to have a thought balloon over that guys head. Is he thinking actual people thoughts or, like, the thoughts of a dog?
Case in point, Tony Clark on opening day hit two home runs and had three RBIs. The next two days, not in the line-up. What gives? Bob Melvin decides to juggle the line-up more than... well... a juggler. Instead we have to suffer through more Byrnes at bats.
Last year it was all about Conor Jackson trying to find his comfort zone in the field. What does Melvin do in the first series? Why move him around the from left to first at the first opportunity.
But perhaps the most irritating thing is the play of some players. Reynolds, Young, and Upton continue to swing for the fences on every given opportunity. For example, runner on second and first no outs, Chris Young is up (batting second in the order mind you) and what does he do? Heavens no, our second hitter cannot bunt! He must swing, swing away. Double play. For the love of somewhat holy things, have a bloody plan when stepping into the batter's box. I wonder what the over/under would be for strikeouts on a team; for this team I imagine somewhere around one billion.
All in all, I would think that the general theme of this rant is that if Melvin was put in a room with a croquet ball, baseball, basketball, and a rabbit he would immediately begin to demand the croquet ball lay him eggs.
