re: Is "Mendoza" too much to ask?

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I am simply asking if there is any point where you try somebody else.

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Yes, there is obviously a point where you try somebody else.

In fact, if we knew today that JaCoby Jones was going to hit below .200 for the rest of the season, then it would be the right thing to do.

But he's a super talented veteran 3rd-year starter, and has been a stellar infielder during that whole time, and has even moved to CF when the coach asked him to do so.

This whole thing is tearing me up right now. It's become painful for me to watch. I know he can do better than this, but I also see that he is just doing things at the plate that simply aren't working.

JaCoby has been far and away my favorite player at LSU ever since he was a freshman in 2011. I like the whole style of his game. I like the way he plays. I like the way he carries himself. He just looks like a baseball player ... who happens to have a terrible swing right now.

I still believe in the kid though. I really do. I just know that I can't complain if he starts getting platooned. Whatever the coaches decide to do, I hope they find a way to get this kid ready for the playoffs, because I think he can still deliver in clutch time at the CWS.

It's been such a strange year. Rhymes, Ross, Jones, & Sciambra, have all sort of failed to live up to offensive expectations, and yet the team itself is wildly successful.

I can't get over how good Bregman & Ibarra are, (EDIT: plus the new outfielders), and then of course, Katz, probably the player I've most underestimated in the entire time I've been watching LSU baseball. Holy crap.

If this team ever gets all cylinders hitting at the same time, it might become one of the best in all of college baseball in recent decades.

I don't know what to say anymore. I'm almost speechless at this point.