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Originally Posted by Chiefshrink
You make my point. By Yost pulling him today admitted indirectly that he F'd up yesterday and left him in 'EMBARRASSINGLY' too long. 3 consecutive walks to load the bases with a 2 run lead with no outs in the bottom of the 9th? And you still leave him in only to lose the game? What did you expect ? That's a perfect formula for losing a game. That's embarrassing because it makes it look like you don't know when to take a pitcher out and you trying to make the 30/30 argument because there were no other options ?  Hell at least make your opponent earn it by at least putting someone in that can get it over the plate. |
No. I don't make your point at all. You don't yank a guy you NEED to have a successful season the first time he runs into trouble. Especially when you have no one available who's a better option for the situation at hand. Pulling Holland today was a desperation move that luckily worked out for Yost (if it hadn't, there would be calls for his head - just like there would have been yesterday if he had put in Gutierrez or Chen and lost the game).
Oh, and BTW... I've spoken to a lot of people who think they know much more about baseball than they actually do. The worst I'd run into was an intern during my time at Sporting News*, who was convinced that So Taguchi could be an MLB all-star if given everyday at-bats. Well, until I started talking to you today.
*when I was the editor for Todd Jones' and Ken Rosenthal's columns, edited the (in)famous Sporting News team notes for baseball, was a member of the panel/team that directed our baseball coverage, co-authored several books, and wrote a bi-weekly blog for the website.