The Cubs have six games in AL parks this year (three in New York and three at the Cell). If I had my way, the lineup for those games would look like this:
- Hairston (DH)
- Walker
- Lee
- Ramirez
- Burnitz
- Dubois
- Patterson
- Perez
- Barrett
Unfortunately, I have this really bad feeling that we're going to see the following two lineups:
(vs. LHP)
- Hairston
- Perez
- Lee
- Ramirez
- Dubois
- Burnitz
- Patterson
- Barrett
- Hollandsworth
(vs. RHP)
- Perez
- Hollandsworth
- Lee
- Burnitz
- Ramirez
- Patterson
- Walker
- Dubois
- Barrett
By the way, Walker seemed to do a decent job at the leadoff spot last year. He's not a speedster, but his OBP this year is .389, and it was a decent .352 last year (and .370 in the leadoff spot). So while I like Hairston at the head of the Cubs' lineup, I wouldn't be upset to lose him to a trade or anything.