[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by duncan_idaho

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.

So Taguchi is awesome, dude!