04-24-2009, 03:50 PM
<!--quoteo(post=32860:date=Apr 24 2009, 02:42 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 24 2009, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=32857:date=Apr 24 2009, 01:38 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 24 2009, 01:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Lou managed game 1 of that series while looking ahead to game 4. That's a huge mistake in the postseason.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm of two minds on this, and here's why: Dusty did the exact opposite with Mark Prior in Game 2 of the you-know-what series. If you recall, we had an 8-0 lead after 3 innings, and I was thinking to myself, "I wonder if Dusty is thinking of pulling his young pitcher early, to save him for later in the series?"
After the 5th inning, it was freaking 11-0, and I thought <i>for sure</i> he'd pull Prior. No sir.
Then Prior, showing some fatigue, gives up a couple of runs. We get one back, so it's 12-2. But again, Prior comes out to pitch another inning. (at the time, I was incredulous.)
Finally, two innings later, a few batters into the <b>8th</b> inning, with Prior clearly gassed, Dusty pulls him from a 12-2 game.
Could Prior have benefitted from being rested in Game 6? Is there any doubt?
As a manager, you're trying to win the game, yes. But you'd be foolish to not be cognizant that you have to win the <i>series</i>, too.
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That isn't really even close to the same scenario. I think it would've been fine to let Prior go 5, qualify for the win, and then pull him there. With a 11-0 lead, it's a no-brainer.
The AZ game was 1-1.
I'm of two minds on this, and here's why: Dusty did the exact opposite with Mark Prior in Game 2 of the you-know-what series. If you recall, we had an 8-0 lead after 3 innings, and I was thinking to myself, "I wonder if Dusty is thinking of pulling his young pitcher early, to save him for later in the series?"
After the 5th inning, it was freaking 11-0, and I thought <i>for sure</i> he'd pull Prior. No sir.
Then Prior, showing some fatigue, gives up a couple of runs. We get one back, so it's 12-2. But again, Prior comes out to pitch another inning. (at the time, I was incredulous.)
Finally, two innings later, a few batters into the <b>8th</b> inning, with Prior clearly gassed, Dusty pulls him from a 12-2 game.
Could Prior have benefitted from being rested in Game 6? Is there any doubt?
As a manager, you're trying to win the game, yes. But you'd be foolish to not be cognizant that you have to win the <i>series</i>, too.
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That isn't really even close to the same scenario. I think it would've been fine to let Prior go 5, qualify for the win, and then pull him there. With a 11-0 lead, it's a no-brainer.
The AZ game was 1-1.