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Originally Posted by alnorth
I'm assuming we're excluding gameday decisions like not throwing 130 pitches, and not bunting in the 3rd inning.
Excluding that, these guys have played baseball for decades. There's not a new offensive or defensive philosophy to unlearn and relearn like in the other major sports, baseball is baseball. There's not much for the manager to do.
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WTF would I be excluding game day decisions when most of what I pointed out is just that?
Batting your worst hitter, or one of your worst, in the leadoff spot? Bad
Moving the best leadoff hitter in the AL out of that spot? Bad
Pulling your stud ace in a 1-0 shutout for a weak Pen? Bad
The list goes on. Ned is not a good game manager and it costs us. Is he working with the best lineup in baseball? No
Does he have an impact on the attitude and mentality of this team? Most certainly
I mean, come on, al.....WTF sends up a guy who has never seen a ML pitch to bat as the tying run in the bottom of the 8th inning when you have a veteran on the bench who has also hit your teams' last 2 hr's???
I mean ****ing seriously!?!?!?!? That move in and of itself is a ****ing microcosm of what Yost is.