Narrowing the gap

Am I alone in the thought there have been some curious managerial decisions in this game?

don.rob11 wrote:

The Cards left fielder has never played in the outfield before...

That would be one of the curious managerial decisions I referenced earlier.
 

Wasted opportunity, wouldn't you say?

artie_fufkin wrote:

They really needed more than five innings from Lynn. 

But they weren't going to get it.  Matheny took a risk letting him finish the 5th.  Not that it wasn't the smart thing to do but, the way Lynn was pitching, people would have second guessed the shit out of Matheny if he hadn't have gotten out of it.

Just like they would have second guessed his use of Cecil in game 2 if it hadn't worked out the way it did.
 

Last edited by Mags (6/14/2017 2:56 pm)

artie_fufkin wrote:

Am I alone in the thought there have been some curious managerial decisions in this game?

Since they lost, I am sure retroactively most folks think so.  The only one that mystified me was Mattheny have the guts to let Cecil go a second inning.  But he's got to make use of him and it worked out great, to no good purpose.
 

forsberg_us wrote:

The Cardinal Way

P. 22- Thou shalt play station-to-station

Bring back Maloney.
 

APIAD wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Game 2

Gonzalez's stuff looked impressive in the 1st

They would be smart to get gonzo and weaver in the rotation. Put wacha in the pen and trade lynn.

Cardinal fan smart.  Weaver left the Redbirds game the night before with a trainer after getting the crap pounded out of him.  I've bee searching trying to find out if he had more back trouble and haven't found out anything.  He's still on the active roster but not scheduled to pitch the next couple of days.

I've been advocating trading Lynn because of what they could probably get for him from a good team but not because he's the third best starter the Cards have, which he is.
 

forsberg_us wrote:

Is that Sammy Hagar pitching for the Brewers?

Who is Sammy Hagar?
 

artie_fufkin wrote:

Mags wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Is that Sammy Hagar pitching for the Brewers?

Who is Sammy Hagar?
 

He replaced David Lee Roth in Van Halen. In baseball terms, it's a reverse Wally Pipp.

I only know of Roth because I can recall someone introducing Lou Christie and saying that he was years ahead of Roth.  i don't know if he was talking about the falsetto or the dance moves.

I remember hearing the name Van Halen quite a bit in the mid-80's but don't think I ever heard any of their music.