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His May has been horrid, not many line drives, all the ground balls he wasn't hitting in April, but...there are a few extenuating circumstances.  I read fairly early in the month that he was getting a day off because he was "banged up", maybe it's a euphamism for hitting lousy, but if he was hurt, then he was hurt.  Also, the numbers have been unlucky, about 2 weeks ago he hit a ball and posed, stupid, and he turned a double into a single that got him thrown out at second, in the game where Griffey hit his game winning single, Casey missed a towering homerun by a few feet, and then walked, last night, his game losing double play was described as a shot down the line that Morneau snagged in a great play.  He's still only batting .500 on his line drives.
Going back to the possibility that he's playing hurt, there is some evidence to support that theory.  Casey Kotchman hasn't been played much lately, but 3 of his last 4 starts?  Against left handers...if Wak was going to stop using him, wouldn't he start him against righties when he started him?  What sense does it make to take a guy who's a little above average against righties, and awful against lefties, and start him almost exclusively against lefties, unless he's trying to turn fans against him.