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I'm trying to be nice.
Although I do think you might have had an outside shot at this if Tony LaRussa is your manager. But the reality is Holland, Crow, Herrera all have A++ stuff. A lot of managers aren't going to freak out if they walk a guy. And they aren't going to yank them after they strike out two straight hitters. |
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We were also cemented in the cellar after March/April last year, as Reaper has been saying, it will be important to monitor whether he can handle the pressure of being a closer on a contending team.
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This has nothing to do with being a baseball guy. This has to do with being a rational thinker instead of overreacting to something that happens to every team when a closer has a bad game.
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just leave them out there and say 'darn, we lost'
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MO has rotted some people's brains.
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so how many MLB games have you played/managed Mr. Expert?
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However, baseball men who spend their whole lives working for MLB and get trusted with that role just don't do that. NONE of them do that, you can't point to any manager who would have done what you are asking for. Right or wrong, thats the way it is, in the 9th, the closer either saves the game, blows the save to a tie, or he loses.
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correct.
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None. But I'm not the one trying to outsmart a ****ing MLB manager. I never said I'm an expert. I just know you're not pulling your closer after he walks the bases loaded then Ks the next 2 guys.
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I've seen closers get pulled. But that's not going to happen after they've blown away two straight hitters.
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Ya bill self really sucks. How many nat'l titles does he have?
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Correct. If he would've given up a hit instead of 2 Ks, yes.
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