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Leon or any bullpen pitcher.

He didn't have a big lead. Blanton went after him, because he saw a clueless guy on the bases.

it was the emotion of the game thread, but you are right.

i disagree.

You go with the clearly better offensive player in that situation. Are you saying that is Holiday? If so, I would disagree strongly. But if that is your choice, we will have to agree to disagree. I think Holiday is the worst offensive player on the roster, unless he PH Wright.

If there is a bench clearing brawl, the one guy I want to see get punched in the face would be Showalter. I would play that over and over and over.

i am pretty sure that a base runner like Dave Roberts had a better technique for diving back to a base that didn't involve a face plant and almost separating your shoulder. I am sorry, but that was inexperience on display. And there were other options, so it is on Farrell. Kimmi, you are a good read, but in this case you are defending the stupid and indefensible.

What is it good for?

I am saying that he should put up the clearly superior offensive player in that situation. Would that be Holiday?

How many ABs? Are these late inning ABs?

There's no trap door under that jacket?

I picked up on the sarcasm.

Bedard was a broken relic on his way out, and he injured his knee the day before we acquired him. Poms is 27 years old and hopefully on the way up.

Lackey needed surgery, but didn't want to invoke the minimum salary additional year clause of his contract. Wake was a fossill. Buch was long lost to the DL.

No, it doesn't contradict itself. I called the RISP with 2 out #'s a sss, not his entire body of work. BTW what are the #'s for RISP with less than 2 outs in late inning situations?

Hey MVP, our relationship has really evolved. Now, people think you are my Knight in shining armor. LOL!! Max, neither MVP nor I need each other to come to our defense. I have a low opinion regarding the intellect and competency of major league managers. Deal with it and move on. If you want to worship them, that is fine with me. But I don't think Mr. Farrell needs you defending his obviously stupid low percentage moves. When making an argument, you should get straight the facts that you use as the premise for your argument. Otherwise, you risk invalidating your entire argument. I have never advocated that umpires should be replaced for calling balls and strikes. In fact, I am on record as being against the current use of replay which I believe has gotten to a level of ridiculous hair splitting that just wastes time. SO go back and rethink your whole argument of what you think I think about all of this stuff, because you clearly don't have a handle on it at all. I other words, let's discuss baseball and not me or any other poster. I already told you to buzz off with this s***. This is just stupid s***. Take a deep breath and let your brain regain control. It was a low percentage move letting Holiday bat, not surmise.

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.