Two steps forward, two steps back

Good news and bad news, Suppan is finally being yanked from the rotation. However, he's still going to the bullpen where he can do damage and Narveson is going to start. Narveson's first start will be Wednesday against Pittsburgh I believe.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/92047604.html

It's quite obvious that Suppan is a great person, but at this time a terrible pitcher. Sending him to the bullpen reduces his impact, but still leaves a bad pitcher down there. They need to just admit their mistake and cut him altogether.

And Narveson starting makes no sense to me. He's got a 7.20 ERA and was just tagged for 2 runs yesterday. As I've said over and over, he is a AAAA pitcher and not one that should be in a big league rotation if you want to be successful. Meanwhile, my whipping boy from last year Manny Parra has actually pitched well this year, giving up 0 runs in 7 2/3 innings with a 1.04 WHIP. Why not give him another chance? He's got better stuff than Narveson and has pitched better.

So while we at least got Suppan out of the rotation, we're still left with a pair of bad decisions from the whole mess (1. not cutting Soup, and 2. putting Narveson in instead of Parra). Two steps forward and two steps back?

What do you think?

Meanwhile, it's been one step forward and two steps back for me in terms of weight loss as well. Lost 5 pounds the first week, 1 pound the second week, and gained 1 pound the third week. And this week (weigh-in on Tuesday) hasn't gone much better. Still not doing much (ok any) cardio or exercise to speak of, with such little time due to work, home, commute, time with family, etc.

It's been frustrating the last couple weeks but I have no one to blame but myself.

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