Buck is back, that's official

Travis Buck is not here but the move is official, he's up and Jack Hannahan is out. I'm told he's not in the lineup, and despite some previous speculating I'm typing over right now, he won't land from Vegas in time to make the start of the game. I still wonder why this move was made so abruptly - Hannahan took batting practice, Buck took a late afternoon flight. This decision was made late in the day, not this morning. Why the rush? Is someone else hurt and they're not telling us, or didn't they suddenly decide that their need for offense requires Buck pronto? Is Nomar Garciaparra's availability iffy again? Is someone just sick of seeing Jack Cust in right? The fact that Landon Powell is DHing a day after Kurt Suzuki DH'd makes me think that there are some personnel issues of some sort.

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