As fans, we often get fairly cocky about our knowledge of the sport. We make sweeping generalizations about a manager and a decision based upon our own store of experience, often criticizing moves as being clearly wrong. However, in actuallity, baseball is a complex sport that often presents multiple reasonable courses of action. Yet we [...]

Joe Girardi came under fire after yesterday’s game for a number of the decisions that he made prior to, and during, yesterday’s 6-4 loss to Oakland. Being that I found all of his moves entirely logical and defensible, I would like to serve as Joe’s mouthpiece for a second and explain his decisions.

1) Sitting [...]

From Bob Klapisch:

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But there’s more to managing than simply bodysurfing a winning streak. Girardi looked crisp and in control when the Yankees were mauling the AL a month ago, launching all those crazy comebacks. But now they’re struggling — the Red Sox’ [...]

With the recent explosion of the internet as a means for sports discussion and analysis, the typical sports fan has become significantly more informed and intelligent. The more frequent exchange of ideas has led to the questioning of some of the conventional wisdom that butresses many of the decisions that managers make ”by the book.” [...]