July 9, 200521 yr I liked what i saw out of Messenger today. He was consistenly between 91-96 and showed a pretty good curveball. Most importantly he missed alot of bats. Also the hits the cubs got off him weren't hard hit balls.
July 9, 200521 yr Why the hell did Jack give him a second AB? Sure he is batting 1.000 but we had a guy on base and could have kept a 2 out rally going.
July 9, 200521 yr cause if Jack takes him out and puts Lenny Harris or Chris Aguila and they ground out...then he goes to the pen for lets say Resop...Resop gets hit hard and you come on here and complain that Jack should have left Messenger in because he was on a roll and was at least hitting 1.000.... basically its damn if you, damn if you dont...the life of a Major League Manager... :shifty
July 9, 200521 yr nobody...but my point is...IF that scenario played out and Resop just happens to get hit hard...we'd all complain that Messenger should have been left in... ...bottom line, whatever Jack does is always the wrong move and something better could have been done...hindsight is 20/20... ...if Jack knew what would happen to Easley and Lo Duca in the ninth...he would have taken Messenger out...but he had no clue...its a game, theres a lot of guessing going on...let the man breathe
July 9, 200521 yr We all understand that Jack's job is hard, but this is one of coutless examples of him pissing away an advantage for a very small gain
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