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  1. USAFChief
    http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/7/4/255970474/cuts/640x0/cut.jpg Of COURSE they'll celebrate, why wouldn't they? Every team would. Here are the DBacks this past weekend after securing a WC spot.
  2. USAFChief
    He was removed for injury after the half inning.
  3. USAFChief
    Perhaps because Molitor pulled his starter before serious damage...
  4. USAFChief
    I don't think determining who should be pitching is a small thing, I don't think Molitor is very good at it, and I'm certainly not forming my opinion solely on last night.
  5. USAFChief
    We'll have to agree to disagree. The status of the bullpen (*mostly) has nothing to do with when/if Molitor pulls his starter. And it shouldn't. He's got bullpen arms, he needs to use them to best effect, even if they're not good options, or his best options. *In the 2 or 3 instances per year when the bullpen truly IS taxed, I can see asking a starter for an extra out or two past when he should be removed. And it truly ISN'T more than a couple times a year that situation arises.
  6. USAFChief
    I wish just the opposite...who cares if the starter gets a W? It's the team W that goes on the record. I want Molitor gone, but not because he's too quick to pull starters. In fact it's just the opposite...far too often he waits until a fading starter has damaged the game before pulling him. Hopefully last night was a sign of progress for Molitor, and he is more likely to pull a starter a hitter or 2 too early, than a hitter or 2 too late. He did exactly the right thing last night. I hope it wasn't just pitch count driven. I hope he looked at the next couple hitters and said, "if we get beat, it won't be these two hitters off my LH starter."
  7. USAFChief
    there's an intimidation factor that, IMO, traces back to Ron Gardenhire and his quotes before every Yankee series about how perfect his team was going to need to be. Molitor, same way. When your pitching staff treats Greg Bird like Babe Ruth, you are playing scared.
  8. USAFChief
    mod note: let's keep away from personal attacks, and focus our smoldering fury on the real culprit...the damn Yankees.
  9. USAFChief
    the goldy helmets were the best ever.
  10. USAFChief
    Castro has a .230 BA (and a 87 OPS+, the same as Jorge Polanco).
  11. USAFChief
    link?
  12. USAFChief
    Not to mention our manager felt the need to play offense one inning with only two outs instead of three. Yet again.
  13. USAFChief
    The bullpen difference is rather pronounced.
  14. USAFChief
    The Yankees pen might be the best in the postseason.
  15. USAFChief
    Verlander now 3-0 for Houston with a .86 ERA. Glad we didn't pursue that "decline phase" loser.
  16. USAFChief
    Just a bit intimidated, perhaps?
  17. USAFChief
    great trade, Falvine.
  18. USAFChief
    Same distance when the Twins are up to bat.
  19. USAFChief
    I hope to meet him some day. In the meantime we're stuck with RB I.
  20. USAFChief
    The two situations were not remotely similar. So..no.
  21. USAFChief
    3-0. First new Gopher coach to start 3-0 since Warmath in '54. i guess the only question left to answer at this point is whether PJ leaves before or after coaching the Gophers in this year's Rose Bowl.
  22. USAFChief
    Speaking for myself and several others, go read the game thread. Yes, I'd still be saying the same thing. Even if Martin hits into a DP. I DID say the same thing...in advance. I feel like those defending Molitor here must not have watched the game.
  23. USAFChief
    We're not talking abstract here. "Fans always complain." We're talking about a specific game, and a specific pitcher. Colon lives on a razor's edge when he's throwing well. He was long past that point. I don't know the exact odds of him getting through the 7th, but they were small. Very small. Molitor had gotten 6 innings, when he really should have only gotten 5. Take that to the bank, and get your bullpen into the game, while you still have the lead.
  24. USAFChief
    Or his handling of his staff has maximized the problems and weaknesses and prevented them from taking advantage of what he does have. Like, not pushing 44 year old, lives and dies by the slimmest of margins, needs pinpoint command to have any shot Bartolo Colon past the clear point when he doesn't have those things. And then expecting his bullpen--without its best relievers--to put out the fire.
  25. USAFChief
    He had options. Clear ones. Crystal clear. Let the bullpen start fresh with a lead, or let the bullpen try to put out a fire, probably with the lead gone. He's going to have to use the pen before the game ends anyway. He chose poorly.
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