7/2 @ Tampa Bay

[Remember the Titans]

y is eerbody pikin on tek? wat if teh titans dfa'd julius or gary or even rev disaster team chemisty > talent

[jacksonianmarch]

Eck was totally right.

 

There are times to hit and run.

 

A. You dont hit and run when you have 2 outs to play with and are trailing

B. You dont hit and run with a ridiculously slow runner because it will be an auto out if missed.

C. You dont hit and run with a ridiculously slow runner and a hitter who swings and misses a lot.

 

Bad move.

[Jayhawk Bill]

How could Tito send Lowell there? I just dont understand. He has to be a complete Idiot to do that. Seriously.

 

Pardon, I went to bed when I saw the deluge approaching with MDC pitching.

 

Here's what Tito was thinking*:

 

1. "Man, this is a clutch situation. Tek hasn't been too hot recently, but he's always been the man. I'm really glad that Tek is coming up."

 

2. "I know what to do. To help Tek make contact, I'll call the hit and run. He's been taking too many good pitches recently. They'll groove it, he'll drive it, we'll win, and everything will be wonderful."

 

Note that Tito never thinks about pinch-hitting for Tek, nor does he consider the down side of calling a hit and run with a critical, slow runner on base with two outs left in the game.

 

***

 

Papelbon needed to be brought into the game to stop the six-run inning, save situation or not. Hansen, or Aardsma, would then have been available to take a crack at earning the save, but the bleeding had to be stopped.

 

***

 

Remember, Sam Holbrook cost us the game with the call on Lugo at second base.

 

***

 

I have an idea: fire Terry Francona, promote Jason Varitek to manager, and promote Kottaras to The Show. :dunno:

 

 

 

* Presented in statement of fact style, but really speculation. I do not have a John Malkovich-type door through which I can crawl to know the actual thoughts of Terry Francona. Were I to have such a door, some sort of action would have been taken a whole lot sooner. Like the summer of 2005. Seriously.

[TheKilo]

I have an idea: fire Terry Francona, promote Jason Varitek to manager, and promote Kottaras to The Show. :dunno:

 

QFT.

 

The hit and run was the worst decision in Tito's managing career.

[yeszir]

That is a great idea.