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Don't get the impression that I don't like Hinske. I think that Hinske is a decent player, and could be very valuable in certain situations (he was great down the stretch last year when Tampa Bay made it to the World Series, and was also clutch on the 2007 Red Sox World Series winning team).
If Swisher and Ransom were both on the DL, I would not have a problem with the move. What I do have a problem with is the fact that those guys are not on the DL.
I also had a problem with the fact that they had to send down Ramiro Pena, who is having a better season than Hinske, and the fact that Hinske doesn't play the positions that Pena played, and all of the positions that Hinske plays are already filled, and there is no more depth needed.
As I close out this piece, I will say just one more thing. A team doesn't get Eric Hinske because they want to get him. A team gets Eric Hinske because they need him, and frankly, the Yankees had no need for him, and that is why this trade makes absolutely no sense.
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