Loney is sitting because …

… Torre wants to get Mark Loretta some ABs and Loretta is the only position player who hasn’t started a game yet. That wouldn’t have been true, of course, if Mientkiewicz were still on the roster, but he isn’t. Juan Castro hasn’t started a game, either, but he doesn’t count because he didn’t get here until Monday. Also, both Furcal and Martin are expected to sit tomorrow. Ausmus will obviously catch, and it sounds like DeWitt will play SS. … They just finished playing Rocky Mountain High by John Denver. Now, they’re playing Me and You and a Dog Named Blue. A scout in the back row just told another scout, “I haven’t heard this song since I was, like, 8.”