Quote Originally Posted by shoeless joe View Post
Go back and read my post. The "decision" I'm talking about is who/whether to pinch hit with a lead. Who/whether to make a defensive replacement. Bringing in a bad pitcher in a tough spot when you have a better option would absolutely be on fredi. Which is why I questioned one such move in the San Fran series. Fredi's issue is he doesn't have any choice when it comes to the pen. Other than grilli they all suck and are inconsistent. So take your hypothetical bull shit that has nothing to do with what I was talking about somewhere else.
you don't make a pen decision assuming your bullpen is infallible, so i have no idea what you are blathering about. subbing Gomes out for a better defensive OF is either smart or dumb. everyone, except Fredi, agrees it is smart. yet here you are pissed that people criticize him for continuously repeating that mistake.

and then you say something else stupid. a bad pen can be managed into being mediocre or horrible. Fredi manages it to horrible. he DOES have a choice when it comes to the pen. he can use his closer earlier in the game, he chooses not to. he could not trot out his only leftie for a random out at the end of the 6th with no one on. he chose not to. did you see his quote after the game? something like he's "trying to find a series that works". he flat out stated he is trying to remake a flowchart, this guy in the 6th, this guy in the 7th, etc. and this isn't new, he ALWAYS tries to manage the bullpen that way. who the hell tries to manage a bullpen that way? who the hell WANTS a manager that thinks a bullpen should be managed that way?!! who the hell DEFENDS keeping a manager that wants to manage a bullpen that way?