Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
I'm not blaming fredi for the pen. I am blaming fredi for pulling our best defensive and hottest hitting lf, Cunningham (5 for his last 6) and replacing him with a guy hitting .200 that's our worst defensive of. I know you're a huge fredi apologist, but can you pull off your fredi sunglasses long enough to see how incredibly dumb that was? I was mad pre-results, but absolutely incensed post-results.

Gomes infield pop up then can't get ball that Cunningham could've jogged to. Even if Cunningham doesn't knock in a runner hitting, we probably still win if that out is recorded to start 7th. Oh and even fredi realized how stupid it was bc he pulled Gomes after Gomes blew that catch.
The main thing in your post that I disagree with is saying that I'm a fredi apologist...I'm a realist that does see things from a coach's point of view; so I am a little more apt to defend the thought process even if I wouldn't have made the same move.

My only point is that if the pen does their job then his other decisions, good or bad, don't matter. I agree with your reasoning as to why you didn't like the moves. However, I do think that you watch the games from the stand point of "what can I get pissed off at fredi about today?". Players, pitchers, hitters have to make plays when given the opportunity.

I've said this in the Cohen threads and I'll say it here; show me a bad bullpen and I'll show you a "bad" manager.