Game 113 Open Thread: August 10, 2007

Oh Good Grief!

every time I hear Charlie Steiner I think of that sportscenter comercial with Hollyfield walking all over the WWL's offices looking to whoop Charlie.

that and this one, with Big Mac about the year 2000.

FOLLOW ME!! FOLLOW ME TO FREEDOM!!

go get some runs gents.

Hardcore may be on to something. this night could suck.

Hell, we let Maddux get out of a 1st and 3rd, no outs situation with only giving up 2 runs, I believe.

?

man this would suck if the Cards left yet another runner at 3rd with 2 outs.

Start striking people out now, AW.

so Albert, you'll hear nothing out of me right now.

that sucks.

Awesome.

Leave him in Tony!

And get some DAMN RUNS!!!!

1 would be fine.

Pinch hit Juan?  I'm sure he's a little pissed maybe he can turn it into something positive

the

FRICK????

That's alright, Wainer will go 1-2-3 in the 9th and Rick Ankiel will be the hero.

what a terrible way to lose this game. Adam deserved so much better.

Our offense REALLY needs to get out of their funk SOON!!

We are going to lose 2-0.

I like Hal McRae but we really need to get a different hitting coach next year.

oh well.

even Juan had a better chance. because as we all know, he's Mr. Clutch.

Furthermore, why in the hell would you bring in Ryan Ludwick, who can't hit breaking pitches that are away in against a pitcher that throws nothing but breaking pitches away (with a 94 mph fastball to boot).

As far as Wainwright in the 9th, I would've run him back out there but on the short leash: anybody reaches, he automatically comes out and Izzy, Percy, or Franklin comes in. Maybe the runs still score, I don't fault Tony for that.

But when the game is on the line, down one run at home, two outs, runners on 1st and 2nd, and the single worst hitter on the team is allowed to bat when two hitters who are considerably better stay put--I blame that on Tony.

(P.S. If TLR was worried about a righty-lefty thing at the end, why not PH Miles, who switch hits? arrrrrgh)

But he shouldn't have been batting there in the first place.
Should have been Juan, or even Bennett up there.

schmidt
aaron
mantle(right handed)
sandberg
eck
cobb

I WAS at the game tonight and EVERYONE in my section was yelling for a lefty with the runner on in the Ninth.  So no 20/20 hindsight necessary.  We all knew this wasn't going to end well.  Actually, we'd have been more upset if Ludwick or Kennedy had actually ended the game, and made TLR look like a genius.  Well, tonight, Tony, you were outthought by everyone in section 435.  Not the best way to earn your keep.  I think his decision was based on his archaic fondness for wins.  I laud him for the pitcher batting 8th, if only he would put Miles 9th.  But tonight....AHHHHHRRRRGGG.

And then to let Kennedy bat?  Where was Miles?  Where was Enc?   So many better choices.  Maybe the thinking was a guy with a .218 average gets a hit every 5 at bats, so he was WAY overdue.  

If losing TLR didn't also mean losing Jockety, who is arguable the best in the game, I'd say pull the trigger.  I have no idea how that'll pan out, but it wouldn't hurt my feelings to see a manager who's making some poor decisions, and essentially single handedly losing games, sent packing, regardless of past performance.

Thank you for your tolerance.

I do have a problem with not PH Encarnacion in the 9th instead of Ludwick or in place of Kennedy.

But another thing I didn't like was why didn't TLR pinch run for Yaddy? I'm not even sure he could have scored from first on a triple! Surely we could let Kip Wells PR if we didn't want to waste a bench player. Turns out it didn't matter at all, but I don't understand how you don't pull Yaddy off the bases at that point.

Ah well...