Sunday, April 23, 2006
Dodgers - Back-seat managing call of the night
Grady Little did not use Jason Repko at all, but rather Olmedo Saenz, in a pinch hit situation with two outs. Olmedo's great to put up if you've got a runner on, but since you didn't (and weren't if Cruz didn't get on, since Navarro is batting under the Mendoza line now), Repko is the go to guy. It's the bottom of the 8th, 2 outs. Repko has power and speed. It's like batting leadoff but with no chances for an out.
One bit of advice to the Dodgers 1-2-3 guys: swing at the ball. The Dodgers swung the bat once when facing the Diamondbacks closer, yielding 3 strikeouts. He's not on my fantasy team; it's ok to get a hit. And he's a closer - he will throw strikes. He had thrown 53 out of 80 for strikes before this game, indicating that he would probably throw strikes, 40 for 54 if you ignore the one save he blew. This is the biggest failure of the team - failure to adapt to the individuals which they are facing. I'm sure they have scouting repots of the opposing team's pitchers. But even without that, they could look to see if the pitcher throws pitches for strikes. Instead, the Dodgers stuck to their guns, trying to draw a walk from Valverde, and failed. JD Drew and Rafael Furcal, a combined $72 million in payroll over the next 3 years, were caught looking.
Unacceptable.
One bit of advice to the Dodgers 1-2-3 guys: swing at the ball. The Dodgers swung the bat once when facing the Diamondbacks closer, yielding 3 strikeouts. He's not on my fantasy team; it's ok to get a hit. And he's a closer - he will throw strikes. He had thrown 53 out of 80 for strikes before this game, indicating that he would probably throw strikes, 40 for 54 if you ignore the one save he blew. This is the biggest failure of the team - failure to adapt to the individuals which they are facing. I'm sure they have scouting repots of the opposing team's pitchers. But even without that, they could look to see if the pitcher throws pitches for strikes. Instead, the Dodgers stuck to their guns, trying to draw a walk from Valverde, and failed. JD Drew and Rafael Furcal, a combined $72 million in payroll over the next 3 years, were caught looking.
Unacceptable.
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# posted by StolenMonkey86 @ 2:05 AM 
