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Horrible, Horrible, HorribleThis top of the ninth inning saw the worst display of managing I have ever seen. First, let me say that if we got out of the jam in the eighth I had a feeling we would come back, which I feel like mentioning because I haven't had a good feeling about baseball over the last week.So after Bay homers (which had me hugging the TV) Ward walks on four pitches. For some unfounded reason we decide to sacrifice Ward, a man who runs like the train he claims to be, to second. The bunter is Mackowiak who was finally hitting the ball well again today, and he's facing a right hander. I'm now screaming at the TV at this travesty of baseball. Luckily Rob can't get the bunt down, but unfortunately he then has one shot the hit the ball and lines out to center. Then Cota comes up, he's done fairly well in the clutch, but not the best contact guy. Then again we exercise our baserunning expertise and put on the hit and run. Now Cota did not miss a sign as we may like to believe. Ward starts rolling like a square to second base; and Cota forgetting momentarily that there is a hit and run on checks his swing, then after the catcher catches the ball, remembers and offers after Molina had already gotten up to throw to second. Ward's dead as a Oliver Perez curve ball, and we're all set up to blow it in the bottom of the inning. posted by Rory at 4:54 PM | |
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