The joke of the Milwaukee Brewers #2 spot

With Tony Plush out for almost a week now, everyone's feeling the awful effects of the Brewers #2 spot.

This wouldn't be a problem if Corey Hart was Corey Hart again, or if Carlos Gomez could somehow not be Carlos Gomez anymore, but neither of those seem to be coming in the near future (especially the Gomez one).

So in the mean time when Plush is out, Hart's still half-injured, and Gomez is still acting in the most Gomezy of ways, what should the Crew do with the #2 spot?

Boggs? I would say maybe, but he still has little to no relative experiece for a position like #2

Yuni? .258 OBP.....good joke!

Jonny Lu? Again maybe..but his speed and just overall bad baserunning wouldn't fit well.

Or what if we just eliminated the #2 spot all together? Just move everyone up one spot, and slide the pitcher into the 8 hole and it could actually work. The lineup would look kinda like this:

1. Weeks

2. Braun

3. Fielder

4. McGehee

5. Yuni

6. Hart/Kotsay

7. Lucroy

8. Pitcher

9. Gomez/Boggs

This isn't a completely novel idea, as the Brewers did do it once last year. But to traditionalists, it just looks strange. Things like "Fielder strikes out to much for a #3 hitter" and "pitcher in the #8 spot, who are you, Tony LaRussa?!!" (and we all heard that when Yost tried it) would be said.

And yes it may look like a weird lineup, but would it even really matter? People make too much of a big deal about where everyone bats and when, but after one time through the lineup, it's just the order that matters. And that order wouldn't look a whole lot different than now, with Braun before Fielder, Fielder before McGehee, and so on.

The only real different thing would be Weeks in front of Braun, and how could that hurt anyone. Weeks, as the hitter he is, would definately get some better pitches to hit, and he would almost for surely take advantage of that (unlike some Gomezian characters).

And remember, this would be temporary, nothing permanent. Once Morgan comes back, he slides right in there. Or once Hart gets it going, he'll go right in there.

Hopefully the point I'm trying to make will be moot by Friday night with Corey Hart going 4-5 with three doubles and 4 RBIs or Gomez having somesort of religious experience where he suddenly learns how to play the game of baseball.