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I like the Rodriguez keep a lot.  I like it even a lot more if it is partially because he is a "Chambliss" guy.  Doc, "veterans" (read: dinosaurs) like me and you remember what a professional hitter...and winner...that Chambliss was.  If Rodriguez brings some of that, hurrah!  I always felt that Chamblis was a "Pro," as well.  Not the same as a professional hitter.  As a "Pro" he brought a manly mature evenness to a team.  Minus Ichiro this team has no lineup holdover who undoubtably brings that. It does have two children (well...last year they were) in the lineup. Chambliss and "his guys" bring something different.  I like that.
Chambliss was a "Big Ed" Bookman type of guy.  Bottom line...he won.
I love the Rodriguez HR video.  That was no fluke.  From the LH side he looks like he can now turn on the bass and drive it.  I even thought he was a bit out in front of that ball...and he still tatered it.
BTW, Kennedy can play a little OF.  I suspect he is #5.
I like a lot of the way this lineup was structured. Not everything.  I still think there was a higher value for Figgins as trade fodder.  I have little confidence in him to play at the level he's getting payed for.  His two standout years were statistical outliers. Won't happen again.
And I greatly dislike the Langerhans keep.  He had a great spring...yes, indeed. But he's the same pokey hitter with no power and almost no upside that he's always been. Midnight infatuations at the bar with the gussied up cougar next to you rarely work out.
We're in one of those now.
Love Rodriguez, though. 
And one month from now...I find a chip in return for Jack Wilson.
Go team!