On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:42 -0400, barredon42152.TakeThisOut@webtv.net (Don V.)
quacked:
>Some may question taking Schilling out after 8 with the low pitch count
>but it's hard to argue with it when the guy you bring in is The
>Papenator.
>
>Schilling was throwing a lot of ground ball outs tonight for a fly ball
>pitcher. Co-indidence or a further evolution of a guy adjusting to
>getting older?
>
>Big Papi looked frustrated worse than he usually does on a bad night.
Agreed. The shift has gotten to him mentally, it would appear.
>
>I really, really, really wanted Timlin to come back out for the bottom
>of the 12th. Especially once they took the lead. I know he's just off
>the DL but he'd only thrown 15 pitches. What I really wanted though
>was the third inning from Papelbon. That gets you to Timlin an inning
>late and avoids using the GOATINATOR that is Tavarez.
Well, I took a sigh of relief when I saw that Schilling was not coming
out for the 9th. Bert Blyleven wanted Santana to come out for the 9th
and implicitly "wanted" Schilling --- that is, he thought it was the
right move. And Bert is wrong more often than Gnork on these "old
school" issues, so I was very sure I was right to welcome Papelbon in
the 9th. And two innings has to be his max --- less if he had serious
trouble. He needs to be available for further duty, and 3 innings for
sure finishes him for the series. The one GOOD think about the "saver"
model is that it helps keep the manager, egged on by the fans, from
overusing the best reliever.
Timlin, you have to rely on the RS management about. We can be sure
that it was agreed before the game that he was available for only one
inning. So it would be stupid to abandon the plan. Anyway, the guy
just got back from the DL from overuse, so it would be silly to start
him off with an excessive burden.
Now, I was hoping to see Delcarmen, but I don't remember when he last
pitched, so perhaps he was not available.
Tavaraz made a huge mistake, which was to fall in love with that
two-seam FB that broke over the plate to a LHB. He struck out Joe
Mauer with it and tried it a couple of times with Kubel. But after
Kubel showed with a foul ball that he was on it, Tavaraz had to give
it up. I don't know who is responsible for the pitch selection, but it
was really bad. The whole point of Tavarez is the sinker for the
potential DP. So why not throw the sinker?
Also bad to let the count go to 3-2. What is the point of having Manny
playing deep SS if you are going to let the runners off with the
pitch? Wasting a pitch at 2-2 with a "chase" slider outside made no
sense to me.
That was a terrific play in the 12th by the MN SS to get a force at 2d
and almost get a DP. If that play is not made, the RS might have
broken the game wide open.
As for tomorrow, let's hope Radke continues to be mediocre. In prior
years, he could be a really tough guy.
--McDuck
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