Laser Show said:Supposedly Puig is sitting for Ethier. WTF.
Amen.InsideTheParker said:Those of us who detest the Dodger smugness are holding our noses and rooting that St Louis loses to whoever wins the other series
Exactly.
A K is still better than a GIDP. Etheir is going to GIDP twice tonight, just watch.Ed Hillel said:Well, he struck out 7 times in a row over the first 3 games, so it's not a shocking move. Plus, you gotta get your million dollar man an AB here or there!
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mikeford said:And he was their best position player all season according to fWAR so.... yep, still dumb and should cost Mattingly his job.
JohntheBaptist said:I never thought he was a Rhodes Scholar but it has kinda shocked me how dumb Mattingly appears in that role. Every single time I see him explain himself for anything it sounds ridiculous and he looks lost. Of course I don't follow LAD super closely, but yeah him sitting Puig is both dumb and not that surprising, I think.
Plus he's falling into the almost-always-bad-idea of Ace on Short Rest in the Playoffs. They all must have Beckett in '03 in the back of their head when they go with it. I can't seem to find info on it--anyone know how often Kershaw's done it and how he's fared?
JohntheBaptist said:I never thought he was a Rhodes Scholar but it has kinda shocked me how dumb Mattingly appears in that role. Every single time I see him explain himself for anything it sounds ridiculous and he looks lost.
VORP Speed said:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/97856986/yasiel-puig-out-of-dodgers-lineup
Can we discuss who's going to replace Mattingly when he gets run out of town after they blow this series? I have this sneaking suspicion it's going to be Maddon.
jon abbey said:
I always thought he came off as dumb when he was NY's bench coach, I was really really glad when NY chose Girardi over him and he went to LA.
VORP Speed said:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/97856986/yasiel-puig-out-of-dodgers-lineup
Can we discuss who's going to replace Mattingly when he gets run out of town after they blow this series? I have this sneaking suspicion it's going to be Maddon.
What is this mythical beast, "Dodgers offensive game plan", to which you refer?Yazdog8 said:It's the 4th inning and Miller has only thrown 40 pitches. What the fuck is the Dodgers offensive game plan?
And you are mad at the umps, right? Because getting away with things is the stuff of great baseball, no?Rough Carrigan said:If the Cardinals rally against any Dodgers pitcher today I hope Mattingly comes out and asks for the mound to be groomed, has his pitcher feign injury, asks for a delay based on the pitcher's wife having just given birth (brings a tablet to the mound and displays footage from someone else's kid being born), complains about the inadequacy of the rosin bag on the mound and filibusters about the infield dirt. It was ridiculous what Matheny got away with last night. Outdo him.
Rough Carrigan said:It was ridiculous what Matheny got away with last night.
Yeah, I don't think they should have let him get away with it. His pitcher was falling apart and the umps let him put on an act that Al Pacino would deride as over the top to buy time and calm him down.InsideTheParker said:And you are mad at the umps, right? Because getting away with things is the stuff of great baseball, no?
Good enoughVORP Speed said:Kershaw swinging for the fences. Realizes he needs to take matters into his own hands.