Sacramento Stingers
Patience is a virtue, and one the Stingers possess. But there needs to be some urgency. The lack of production from the tandem of Giancarlo Stanton and Prince Fielder has killed the Stingers, who walk but don't hit and have an offense that lives on the long ball to produce runs. Manager Lum Harris is an even-keeled as they come, but he's started to tweak the lineup a bit, finding more at bats for Vic Saier and Wally Westlake to try and turn the offense around. Hal Newhouser's injury put the Stingers behind the 8-ball, and Nick Strincevich posted a 5.73 mark as his replacement before he, too, went down. Vinegar Bend Mizell has been stable, but the rest of the staff has been borderline adequate, and that's not enough with the offense as it has been.
