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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Just like the night before's fair/foul call - don't chuck the damn ball into CF on a routine comebacker and you go into the next inning tied. Had Maness not thrown a temper tantrum then Siegrist doesn't have to come in cold to escape the mess anyway (and if Siegrist isn't all wound up, he takes that half-beat pause you're supposed to take before that basic little 80% throw over the top of the 2b bag).
The Cards did a really poor job over the last 2 nights letting the umpiring get to them. Even in the post-game, Wacha and Matheny were still chirping. Yadi literally started arguing with the umpire when the ball was in play so Matheny couldn't go out there to get in the way and keep Molina from getting tossed. If Yadi finishes the play out and then looks to bark at the ump, Matheny probably could've have fallen on the grenade and kept Molina in the game.
Like I said - settle it on the field. Neither of those instances were so egregious that they should have spent any more time wound up about them.
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Exactly.
Although I will defend Maness a little in that angel was behind t he plate. Angel is angel so I get it.