Bill Hall, learn how to transfer the ball from your glove...

Look, I expected there to be a modicum of problems with Bill Hall transferring to the outfield. We all knew there would be a growing period while he became accustomed to the position.

But this is getting ridiculous. Just 16 games into the season (and he only played in 12 of them) and Billy's racked up 4 errors. And frankly, the scoring folks have probably let him off easily. A few of the errors have been from an inability to judge fly balls. While this is frustrating, it's one of those growing pain things that we knew we'd see early in the season.

The problem I am having with Bill is this ridiculousness where he is incapable of transferring the ball from his glove to his hand. Despite the fact that he's playing deep in center field, every time Bill has to deal with a ball on the ground, he acts as though he's going to turn a double play. The problem is, he misses the ball completely, drops is back to the ground and often allows the runner an extra base.

I'm no baseball expert, but I know there should be no "flip" from glove to hand. Do like they taught you in little league, Billy and take the ball from the glove and throw it in. There is absolutely and literally no excuse for this to continue. I understand there may have been some days where the transition was difficult and it was a completely unconscious maneuver. But now that you've committed these errors and cost runs, the time for forgiveness has passed.

We're all thrilled that you raised your batting average over 100 points since Monday of this week. We appreciate the grand slam, followed by going 3 of 4 and scoring 2 runs on Tuesday and then going 3 of 4 with a home run and three RBIs on Wednesday.

But that certainly will not atone for the continued outfield miscues. Sure, you'd be absolutely vilified if you were making these mistakes and also hitting poorly. You found a way to fix one, now it's time to find an answer for the other.

Edit: The JS has hit on this topic, too.