http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/07/15/a-rotation-platoon.aspxApparently, Ned Yost is thinking outside the box again. Not that it&#39;s a bad thing. I was in favor of batting Jason Kendall 9th, after all. I&#39;m still not quite sure why that was abandoned, exactly. The basic idea to this latest brain storm is thisenCommunityServer 2007 (Debug Build: 20423.869)http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/07/15/a-rotation-platoon.aspx#328601Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:42:40 GMT710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:328601Ryan Topp<p>Thanks Crichar.</p> <p>It is one of those things I do on video games (bumping guys in and out of a pitching rotation on capricious whims) but that when done to actual human beings wouldn't work out so well.</p> <p>What I do find amusing is that a lot of people who have in the past lectured on how &quot;real people play the game, not statically driven robots&quot; are in favor of this because the stats back it up.</p> <img src="http://community.sportsbubbler.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=328601" width="1" height="1">http://community.sportsbubbler.com/blogs/between_the_green_pillars/archive/2008/07/15/a-rotation-platoon.aspx#322669Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:44:21 GMT710e9f71-a715-4db8-b7a1-5cdd760ce611:322669crichar3<p>Spot on. &nbsp;In isolation as a theory, it makes sense. &nbsp;In the real work, this idea is impractical and, ultimately, unworkable.</p> <p>I hope Ned doesn't go this way.</p> <img src="http://community.sportsbubbler.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=322669" width="1" height="1">