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... that if Kotchman is going to hit a blizzard of 2-hoppers, well, if you've got slow guys on 1B in front of him, you're doomed...
At least he can run in front of Kotchman if he's #3... this would lower Kotchman's GIDP-per-groundball-with-runners-on rate :- )
I'm sure the math would NOT work out, but he may be thinking, "I'll run in front of Kotch"...