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When you've got a quality player like Jose Lopez, and find yourself laser-focusing on the one or two things that he doesn't do well, you're acting like a 100-loss organization.
That's one of the fundamental differences between history's great managers and the egomaniacs who wash out of managing in a year or two. An Earl Weaver or Whitey Herzog or Tony LaRussa will make it their job to figure out what a player is good at, and leverage that.
The focus on Lopez' lack of walks is beginning to take on the scent of the Miguel Olivo coverage when he was here in Seattle.
We're not talking about the M's internally, but rather to the coverage of Lopez outside the organization.