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Is a great thing, where the manager is going to use that flexibility actively, to deploy weapons, so he can win games in the late innings. An Earl Weaver would have flexible bench bats and then he would pull the trigger and actually PINCH HIT once in a while ;- )
Where flexibility is used passively, to provide 100.00% insurance that the manager is never embarrassed by one inning of Kyle Seager at shortstop, Dr. D is less enthused about it. ... Granted, major league managers have to pick their media battles carefully, and their professional lives can depend on that kind of perception...
I still love the manager who takes the game to the other team, and if the media doesn't like his moves, the players often will...
Good stuff Zoom!