Hop onto the Toronto bandwagon... excuse all the vomit.![]()
I'll hop onto your bandwagon if you can get your fans to stop throwing beer cans onto the field.
Hop onto the Toronto bandwagon... excuse all the vomit.![]()
I'll hop onto your bandwagon if you can get your fans to stop throwing beer cans onto the field.
But this one was at home. Lots of managers will bring in closers in tied games at home in that spot because there's no longer any possibility of a save situation.
The real hot take is that EYBS is alive and well.
Thanks Buck Showalter for proving, yet again, that MLB managers are largely clueless about how to use their best relievers.
The biggest market inefficiency is baseball, and it's not even close, is how stupidly MLB managers think about and use their bullpen. And, by that, I primarily mean you best 2-3 relievers.
I guess I'm not surprised. Francona was hired by Theo Epstein early in his tenure with Boston, when the club made a big effort to adopt statistical analysis. I would imagine Epstein specifically looked for a field manager he wouldn't butt heads with, the way Billy Beane and Art Howe (supposedly) did in Oakland years earlier.Apparently Francona got the memo[...]
Yeah, so many games are won or lost in inning 6 or 7, it's stupid to hold your best reliever for a win that might not come.Yep. And it's not like there aren't volumes upon volumes of literature sabermatricians have written on the subject.
Those fans aren't in a state to shout words longer than that (USA) with all that cheep beer they consume during the game.I just think it's hilarious that the fans chant "USA!" when a Venezuelan punches a Dominican.
They will need it.Rangers should get some ice on that, the swelling could be pretty bad.
Jeff Bannister pulled a Buck Showalter by not bringing out the closer on a late high-leverage inning with tied scores on the road.