Not trying to be contentious, but the run of criticism was a result of Mauer's passed ball, though Roenicke's nervousness didn't help (Roenicke did manage the next inning cleaningly). My point isn't so much that Gardy's management has been without flaw--rather it seems to me that Gardy is proactively managing in a way that he has not in the past. Maybe I'm eager, but it's difficult for me not to connect Mauer hitting second, the pinching hitting before the 8th inning, and the various substitutions for runners and defense late in the game--maybe there's not a pattern there, but I hope our old dog manager has learned some new, prudent tricks. After all, he's trying to keep his job.