BigOrange15
Never Falter, Never Yield
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This wasn't Martinez's fault. This was a terribly managed game. It started with Fredi taking EOF out for no reason at all in favor of Linebrink. His second mistake was not pinch hitting for Martinez in the 13th with Hudson or Jurrjens, who are excellent bunters. And then bringing back Martinez for another inning after the disaster of the top half was terrible as well. All the while the Braves lose another extra inning road game in which their best reliever never pitched. #frediball
I have a question for you guys.
How much, if any, consideration should there have been to have McCann bunt after the Chipper double in the 11th? I realize he one of you best hitters and in the 4 hole however he was facing a lefty so I am curious what you guys think. McCann seems to handle the bat well but I honestly have no idea if he can bunt...
Bringing Linebrink in to face Hundley was a standard lefty/righty switch. Hundley bats righthanded, so you bring a righty in to face him. And it's standard operating procedure for managers to hang on to their closer in extra innings on the road as long as possible in hopes of using him for the save. I'm not saying I like either of those moves at all, but both of them were standard, by-the-book boilerplate managerial decisions. Cox made those same moves all the time.