Between a Stone and a hard place

So the last week in Chicago there was a bruhaha between former Cubs and current White Sox announcer Steve Stone and Cubs manager Lou Piniella. This, of course, was not Steve's first time raising the ire of the manager of the Lovable Losers:

Stone famously split with the Cubs after a long career as a broadcaster for his old team in 2004, when he criticized Dusty Baker's managing and several players on a fading team.

(BTW Hawk Harrelson during the Pirates-White Sox game just said, "I love the wheel play, sure you have a lot of guys moving around, but it is just a good play." No follow up.
Why are you voting for Bush? I dunno he just seems like a good guy to go out for a drink with.)

The actual argument between the two is boring, semantics about starting rookies over veterans, yada yada. However the following quote I stole from this article is NOT the way to argue who you're going to start:

"I've got five major league outfielders," he (Piniella) said. "It's not fair that I just abandon one or two of them. It's just not fair, and I'm not going to do it."

If I owned a team, and my manager said he was setting his starting lineup based on what's fair vs. what is the best possible lineup, I would personally walk down to the dugout and fire him. This is not little league. You want playing time? Get better. I sincerely hope Piniella is making his decisions based on more than just what's fair for everyone.