When AJ Burnett allowed 4 runs in the first inning last night, I received a number of angry text messages from friends. Most of them were along the lines of “I told you he cannot be trusted!!! He is way too erratic and inconsistent!!!” My response was the same as it has been all year: [...]
Upon further review, I may have been too quick to vilify Joe Girardi in looking for a scapegoat for last night’s loss (slightly off topic, Dave Cameron at FanGraphs has a great post today about Girardi’s overmanagement in the ALCS). I still think Joe should have removed Burnett after [...]
I like instant replay. I don’t like long games. The biggest criticism of adopting an instant replay system in baseball is that it would take too long. For home run calls, we regularly see umpires disappear under the Stadium for five or more minutes at a time to check a call. Games are already very [...]
Major league management of closers makes me angry. Anyone who has watched a baseball game with me has probably seen me throw things when managers make the same mistake again and again. What is that mistake? Not using your closer in the highest-leverage situation in the game.
In the 7th inning, A.J. Burnett allowed two [...]
The second guesses are pouring in as to why we lost last night’s game, with many fans and pundits blaming the manager for every decision that didn’t work out. Let’s break them down one by one.
Why let Swisher bat in the 9th inning?-Ouch. Let’s dispose of this one immediately. Who did you want up [...]
It’s tempting to blame.
You can attach blame wherever you’d like, though only assigning blame does not do much. As my father has told me, some are in love with assigning blame and others prefer to fix problems.
So, here we go:
Some will blame AJ Burnett, some Joe Girardi, and some Phil Hughes.
I [...]
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