Z to the Pen

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=92119:date=Apr 22 2010, 01:10 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Apr 22 2010, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=92114:date=Apr 22 2010, 01:04 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Apr 22 2010, 01:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=92113:date=Apr 22 2010, 01:02 PM:name=Scarey)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scarey @ Apr 22 2010, 01:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=92108:date=Apr 22 2010, 12:59 PM:name=jeffy)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jeffy @ Apr 22 2010, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yes, but those are his numbers as a starter. Coming onto the mound fresh out of the pen with runners on can be different than having runners on after you're already settled in. It just depends on the pitcher. We'll just have to see how he handles it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

It is different, of course. But are you saying it's harder to try to clean up someone else's mess compared to your own?
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That was more my point. Z has been known to react adversely to other players' mistakes, so I am concerned about this aspect of being a setup man, coming in to put out fires. I just wish we never had to have this discussion in the first place.
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So, you think he'll be yelling and waving his fists around while he's warming up and the pitcher before him is giving up base hits? I almost hope that happens. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
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No.

But, I do think that the first time he allows an inherited runner to score and is questioned about it, his answer to Lou or the media and the reaction with his teammates may be less than humble. For a guy with his ego inheriting situations that are not of his doing, and then having to answer why he threw a certain pitch etc etc might cause a rift with his teammates and get into his head. It's already too crowded in there as is.