He was nowhere near 100 pitches. Verlander had thrown 81 pitches and had a 1 hitter going when he came in for the 9th. See: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2012_04_11_tbamlb_detmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=tb There's no way he stays on the bench. No manager in baseball would do that to any starter, let alone Verlander. If you want to prove that Leyland isn't a good manager, this won't do...