Jenkins Feels Entitled
Here's what bothers me about Geoff Jenkins.He was once a hard-playing, scrappy player with a big bat and a propensity for hot streaks that could literally carry an entire team.
Now he just seems like a veteren that feels entitled to his starting spot regardless of how well he plays. He cares more about himself than he does the team.
I've seen no urgency in his words or actions or behavior in the field. He refuses to take instruction from the Brewers hitting coach, and I guess he feels we should all just be satisfied with .254, 10 home runs, and 57 RBI for the year.
And then there's this:
In his last 43 at-bats, Jenkins had only six hits (.140). During one stage of the season, he went a career-high 142 at-bats without a home run.
Yost finally did the right thing.
Now Melvin needs to the right thing. Any manager that would sit with Jenkins in the daily lineup, even against lefties (against whom he is hitting a fat .120 with one homer and six RBI in 83 at-bats), even refusing to SUB him against lefties until mid August deserves to be fired.
Oh, and he also put Turnbow in again in a tied game in the 9th. Guess what happened next?
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