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I heard thta he was in the toilet texting with Pablo.

Me too. I'd prefer a World championship and a three year contract for the dope.

A new pitcher was coming in so there would be no loss of continuity. There was a big upside to the move and no downside, but it doesn't matter because we won.

I would bat Holt or Leon, regardless of the numbers which are SSS. Also, Leon has transformed his offensive game -- his old #'s need to be thrown out.

That would be the silver lining to missing the playoff until the next dope gets the job.

It is so much easier to type and say than "sabremetrician". ALso, is stathead a pejorative. My former boss's son is "Statboy" from PTI. When he gets recognized, people still shout "statboy" to him.

That and he got cancer just as he was about to get fired last season.

The beauty of having a competitve team is that we did not have to start an offseason thread in August. I guess old habits die hard.

By the time you get to 2 outs, the probability of tacking on a run drops dramatically. With less than 2 outs the chances are much higher, except when you have a guy that can't put the ball in play. Pedroia torched the ball to the warning track, but with 2 outs it didn't matter. I don't view hitting a 340 foot frozen rope to the warning track as not getting it done.

I realize that a lot of managers would have done the same thing. Hence, my less than lofty opinion of the whole lot of them. They manage robotically according to the book. The book is the book because it gives you the best percentage of success in most cases. A good manager needs to know when the general rule of the book does not apply. Pinch hitting for Holiday yesterday had no downside, none. It had only upside. Leon is at least as good defensively as Holiday in all respects, so that is not an excuse. The move of pinch hitting for Holiday would have given us a better chance of success by every reliable statistical measure. Letting Pom pitch to Raji Davis as the tying run in the 8th was similarly a very poor use of personnel. He was the one guy that had hurt Pom with a 400 foot blast. We are just lucky that Pom kept him in the park and limited him to a double. The situation was crying out for Ziegler. But Farrell did his usual confused look brain freeze like he just drank a slushy too fast. The players will need to keep picking up the manager who will continue to roll with low percentage moves that hurt his team's chance of success.

Normally, when we win, I just put the pain of Farrell's stupid moves behind and move forward. Yesterday, was a very tense game, and imo Farrell did a horrible job of managing the pitching and batting order late in the game. Whether you are a stathead or not, the moves that he didn't make had a much higher chance of success. They were obvious enough that the hometown announcers questioned/criticized the moves.

With no outs, you just need a productive out. He should have given himself a better shot of putting the ball in play with no one out to get an insurance run. I only see upside potential in making the switch in that situation and I see no downside. Where is the downside of pinch hitting in that situation? I am not seeing it.

Leading by a run on the road with two men in scoring position and the 8th place hitter (who is also the worst hitter on the roster) at bat seems to be the time when common sense tilts in the other direction.

Not to me. The opposite was obvious. And why is it a truism that you don't pinch hit for your catcher unless you are behind?

The day off is mandated under the collectively bargained agreement.

I just can't understand letting Holiday hit in the 9th with 2nd and 3rd and no one out and a 1 run lead. Other than our pitchers, Holiday is the weakest hitter on the roster. Leon a switch hitter who has been on fire was on the bench. Holt a lefty was on the bench. I haven't heard a good explanation to let Holiday bat. If Farrell left him in for his great game calling skill, I just have to shake my head. It is more likely that Farrell didn't pinch hit because he didn't want to get caught without a backup catcher on the bench, which also makes me shake my head. For those of you who love stats, in what percentage of games, do teams have to replace injured catchers in the final inning or 2? I have to believe that the occurrence is statistically insignificant, and that it would be worth the risk to replace him with a vastly superior offensive player. Don't even get me started about why Ziegler wasn't up and ready to come in against the right handed bats in the 8th inning. Anyway, I hope the players keep bailing out the buffoon.

A win in spit of JF!! A good win to start the road trip!! Cue Dirty Water in Boston!

Is he going to let the=is bag of s*** beat him

Another big K!! One more out, puhlease!!

Stopp messing with th breaking ball here.

Huge K!

Kimbrel is more of a heart attack than Paps was when he was with us.

Francona put in an outfielder to PR for Naps. Didn't put in Kluber.

He needed the K there. Damn it!

Okay, calm down Mrs. Farrell.