Can you imagine the outrage in New York if the Mets had pitched Fernando Tatis and Gary Matthews Jr. in the 18th-20th inning? Chances are every major paper and media outlet in New York would be calling for his ouster....Instead he give us K-Rod and Pelfrey. It turned out to be a great strategic decision on his part.
It was a completely bizarre managing game by LaRussa---he seemed to make awful moves everywhere including the Ludwig steal attempt. Way too risky and bad consequences for his actions...If he was successful than you take the bat away from the best hitter in baseball. Makes no sense.
In another case,couldn't you have Ryan Franklin come out for the 18th and have Kyle Lohse fill in the gaps after Franklin was past his pitch count.
All I know is that Jerry Manual played this game very well in my mind and he deserves some credit.
I am trying not to overeact as a Met fan, but despite the fact that we have had great pitching lately, we have had no sticks at all. Mike Jacobs and Gary Matthews Jr. have got to go if they don't start producing in the next few weeks....but tonight nothing negative. Just our congratulations to the Mets and Jerry for schooling one of the baseball's greatest strategist in Tony LaRussa.
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