Brunansky: Joe, I'd like to work on some things with your swing. Mauer: Tom, how many batting titles do you have? Brunansky: Um, none but.... [Mauer walks away]
Here's the lineup I'd like to see, predicated on a Vargas callup: 1 Dozier 2B 2 Rosario LF 3 Hunter RF 4 Plouffe 3B 5 Mauer 1B 6 Vargas DH 7 Hicks CF 8 Suzuki C 9 Escobar SS Send Santana down, recall Vargas. I realistically can't see them moving Mauer much farther down than 5th, or else I'd swap him with Vargas in the lineup.
I really like Jerry Remy. Very impartial and gives the other team props. Kinda the anti-Hawk. Oh, and in my opinion (ahem, not FACT), the ball hits higher than the numbers. Probably at least 12 feet up. If Hicks can jump 12 feet, he's Superman.