Quote:
Originally Posted by jbwm89
I believe the thinking is that although Shields is your best pitcher, Holland's good first inning is better than Shield's pitches 100+.
Not saying I agree, or that I wasn't upset with Shields being pulled. That being said, you can't kill a guy for a toss up type decision after it doesn't work out. If Holland doesn't suck up the place and getz doesn't bobble the ground ball we never have this discussion.
|
No, you can kill the guy for not being consistant. The next time Shields is throwing like that and he is at 100 after 8 he needs to get pulled, but Ned is reactionary so he will likely leave Shields in for the 9th next time. Get your philosophy and stick with it. Flying by the seat of your pants in a recipe for disaster. Also history says Shields is still Shields at 100 pitches. This isn't Bruce Chen who falls off a cliff after 5 innings.