Since LaRue "tends to play well when you attend" we should definitely start and his vortex-of-suck bat next year. He's awful. He's amassed an amazing amount of negative value for his PAs.

John Buck is nothing special, but he absolutely has not stunk this year. He's fallen off, but he's an above average hitter for a catcher and his defense is average. That's a good player, low BA or no. You know what OBP is, right?

that Buck's batting average alone (which, admittedly, is below average) makes him unvaluable, I think we'd all love to hear you explain why LaRue is a more viable option.  Again, using batting average, that most telling and all-encompassing measure of a baseball player's worth at the plate.  Or his success rate throwing out runners, if you have any numbers to back that up.

Although I might have missed it, I don't think he blasted Bell in media.  If I remember correctly, he suggested that it would be difficult for him to get serious All-Star consideration based on his rather limited playing time.  But was he wrong?  Prior to the season, Buddy claimed that whichever catcher was performing better would win the lion's share of the playing time, then he continued to split it pretty evenly in spite of Buck's excellent start.  Should Buck have taken his complaints public?  Probably not, but the next time Buddy disrespects a player to the media won't be the first.

Then again, I live nearly 300 miles away from the K and haven't been able to make it to very many games this year, so I may or may not be a real fan.