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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
If Bauer can get through the Toronto lineup two times, Cleveland will take it and have a good chance to win by utilizing it's excellent pen (that Francona can maximize).
Bauer just did that against a better offense.
And unlike Ned Yost, Tito isn't going to fall prey to the temptation of trying to get an extra inning out of a weak starter. If he gets five from Bauer in a close game, he's not going to send him back out for the sixth against the top of the order (third time through).
If Yost was making the calls in Game 7 of 2014, you likely would have seen Herrera in the 4th and 5th, Davis in the 6th and 7th, and Holland in the 8th and 9th. He would not have let Guthrie go another turn (which is what ultimately cost KC).
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I actually believe we lost the 2014 World Series in Game 4. Imagine if Tito had been managing for us in that game? He would have pulled Vargas the instant he started struggling in the fifth and instead of fooling around with Finnegan, he would have gone straight for the kill with Kelvin.
Ned's reluctance to go to borgs in Game 4 (since he wanted to save them for a potential Game 5), ended up costing us the series. If he had gone for the kill, we likely would have tied up the series in Game 6 and Bumgarner wouldn't even have had a chance to bury us in Game 7.
I hope you're right about Bauer. I think the Indians can definitely take the Jays, I don't like the potential of the Jays having multiple games to adjust to Bauer and Tomlin, but as you said, if there's any manager who can guide them through that series, it's Tito.