06-02-2010, 08:38 AM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->BT -- Colvin is our best hitter? Really?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, which is why you had to cherry pick the ONE time out of FIVE I didn't specifically qualify "best" with either bench hitter or lefty on the bench.
Look, we can argue the statistics back and forth all day, but after looking over these decisions, you are on extremely shaky ground.
You are trying to argue that not only do you disagree with his moves, but that they were so obviously bad, they CAUSED the Cubs to lose. This is, in a word, nonsense.
Most major league managers would not pinch hit a right handed catcher for a right handed catcher against a right handed pitcher in the seventh inning of a one run game with the bases loaded while a perfectly serviceable (at worst) left handed hitter is available. Period. It doesn't happen. You might disagree with the move, but you cannot, in good conscience pretend that this isn't the gold standard move for ANY major league manager.
I could give you about 10 reasons why "saving" Colvin is a laughably bad move. What if the Philllies have a lefty pitching in the 9th? What if the Cubs score 5 runs before then? What if the Phillies score 5 runs before then? What if the guys who are due up in the 9th are lefties? What if the guys due up in the 9th are our 3-4-5 hitters? etc. (as a side note, I'd just like to note how comically unfair it is for you to simultaneously argue that the only sane move was saving Colvin, but that Lou was a dipshit for not bringing in his CLOSER, Marshall, in a tie game with nobody on and nobody out in the 8th inning. You don't see a little lack of consistency there?).
Most major league managers, if given the choice between 2 bad right handers or one AWFUL left hander to bring in to face Utley, Howard and Ibanez, would choose the awful left hander. This is fact. It's remotely possible that if there was a really really good right hander available, a manager might not bring in the lefty, but Lou didn't have that choice.
Both of these moves are entirely conventional. For your theory of hanging this one on Lou to be valid, they would have to be UN-conventional. They weren't. Lou was stuck having to choose between 3 ugly choices. You can blame Hendry for giving Lou those 3 ugly choices. I will blame Grabow for having his worst year ever instead.
No, which is why you had to cherry pick the ONE time out of FIVE I didn't specifically qualify "best" with either bench hitter or lefty on the bench.
Look, we can argue the statistics back and forth all day, but after looking over these decisions, you are on extremely shaky ground.
You are trying to argue that not only do you disagree with his moves, but that they were so obviously bad, they CAUSED the Cubs to lose. This is, in a word, nonsense.
Most major league managers would not pinch hit a right handed catcher for a right handed catcher against a right handed pitcher in the seventh inning of a one run game with the bases loaded while a perfectly serviceable (at worst) left handed hitter is available. Period. It doesn't happen. You might disagree with the move, but you cannot, in good conscience pretend that this isn't the gold standard move for ANY major league manager.
I could give you about 10 reasons why "saving" Colvin is a laughably bad move. What if the Philllies have a lefty pitching in the 9th? What if the Cubs score 5 runs before then? What if the Phillies score 5 runs before then? What if the guys who are due up in the 9th are lefties? What if the guys due up in the 9th are our 3-4-5 hitters? etc. (as a side note, I'd just like to note how comically unfair it is for you to simultaneously argue that the only sane move was saving Colvin, but that Lou was a dipshit for not bringing in his CLOSER, Marshall, in a tie game with nobody on and nobody out in the 8th inning. You don't see a little lack of consistency there?).
Most major league managers, if given the choice between 2 bad right handers or one AWFUL left hander to bring in to face Utley, Howard and Ibanez, would choose the awful left hander. This is fact. It's remotely possible that if there was a really really good right hander available, a manager might not bring in the lefty, but Lou didn't have that choice.
Both of these moves are entirely conventional. For your theory of hanging this one on Lou to be valid, they would have to be UN-conventional. They weren't. Lou was stuck having to choose between 3 ugly choices. You can blame Hendry for giving Lou those 3 ugly choices. I will blame Grabow for having his worst year ever instead.
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