Just kicking back with a nice cup of tea this morning looking over the news, I ran across a blurb in Brian McTaggart’s Astros notes that ended up making a mess of my monitor. I just can’t let this slide:

“Sometimes, you’re going to get a day off because you’re swinging the bat well or you’ve got to work on something to swing the bat better,” Hall said. “I have nothing. I’m swinging the bat well and finding the barrel. Everything is where it’s supposed to be, so I really have nothing to work on today.”

Are you freaking kidding me? I have nothing to work on today? Seriously? Swinging it well and finding the barrel? Really?

Bill, you have a lot to work on every day. So far this season you’ve played mediocre 2b at best and are currently ranked third in all of baseball in most strikeouts. In 15 games so far you’ve struck out at least once in all but 3, you’ve struck out 3 times in a game twice, you’ve 0-fer’d 5 times, had only 1 multi hit game and you’re batting .196 which is worse than 3 of the starting pitchers!

For a guy that was supposed to bring some power to this line up I would say that you have a lot to work on. Your sad .559 OPS underscores that fact quite nicely don’t you think?

After spending the last couple of years on the bench trying to fight your way to a starting gig again, I’d think you’d be a little more focused on improving. You aren’t in MLB because of a winning smile and an upbeat attitude, you are here for your skill as a hitter. Period.

Keppinger will be off the DL before too long and Downs is making a heck of an argument for winning a starting job and you are telling the fans, Wade, Drayton, and Mills that you “have nothing to work on”.

Yeah. Good luck with that.