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	<title>Tampa Bay Sports Blog &#187; Ben Zobrist</title>
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		<title>Can we call Kapler useless yet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 03:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ben Zobrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJ Upton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dioner Navarro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Gross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Kapler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bartlett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Maddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Joyce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michel Hernandez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my confusion of wondering why Ben Zobrist hasn&#8217;t been handed the RF position I must critique Joe Maddon and Gabe Kapler. The charade should&#8217;ve already ended by now and Ben Zobrist should be the everyday rightfielder and beyond that I continue to wonder what the hell is keeping him from being out there. The original plan was to platoon Kapler and Gross in RF until Matt Joyce was ready to take over and Zorilla (Rays Index) was to be the super sub. In the process it appears that Zobrist has done enough to win the job in RF, but no dice. This is the most aggravating thing to me about Joe Maddon. I don&#8217;t agree with a lot of what he does, but he&#8217;s the man and I&#8217;m not so who really cares. I just keep getting frustrated by his refusal to alter anything, even when it is completely sensible to do it. Just to review some of this in bullets&#8230; Refused to move Upton from the three hole for the first part of last season. Has refused to move Upton from the leadoff spot this season despite Bartlett clearly being the better candidate at this point. Refuses to [...]]]></description>
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