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"YKW '03" <vpotus DeleteThis @undisclosed.loc> wrote in
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> 3) There were more than thirty-six thousand fans in force at
> Thursday's game against the Padres, a goodly number of whom had made
> their disregard for Elmer Dessens' "efforts" known quite vociferously
> for nearly four full innings before Brenly finally and in his own time
> gave Dessens a "mercy hook"; I can assure you that no numbers (save
> those on the scoreboard) gave evidence of any strength (other than in
> the club's cash coffers).


Blowouts are bad. What should Brenly have done? Go through the bullpen in a
game that's out of reach, or live to fight another day? I'm all for leaving
that starter in and letting him take his much deserved lumps.
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"donut" <none DeleteThis @none.com> wrote in message
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> "YKW '03" <vpotus DeleteThis @undisclosed.loc> wrote in
> news:_PGPa.15695$ZC.1725@news.easynews.com:
>
> > 3) There were more than thirty-six thousand fans in force at
> > Thursday's game against the Padres, a goodly number of whom had made
> > their disregard for Elmer Dessens' "efforts" known quite vociferously
> > for nearly four full innings before Brenly finally and in his own time
> > gave Dessens a "mercy hook"; I can assure you that no numbers (save
> > those on the scoreboard) gave evidence of any strength (other than in
> > the club's cash coffers).
>
>
> Blowouts are bad. What should Brenly have done? Go through the bullpen in
a
> game that's out of reach, or live to fight another day? I'm all for
leaving
> that starter in and letting him take his much deserved lumps.

Same here; my point was that the original poster's claim that "there's
strength in numbers" was absolutely meaningless when only one person has the
authority and the responsibility to make a given decision.
Thirty-thousand-plus can boo, hoot, holler, whine, cajole, plead, beg like
little schoolgirls.... but it doesn't mean squat.
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