Friday, September 24, 2010

Rock Solid Recrap: How Not To Manage A Must Win Game



For what?

For when?

For who?


  • Franklin Morales 
  • Manny Delcarmen 
  • Joe Beimel 
  • Octavio Dotel


Inexcusable. Unconscionable. Downright hideous managing.



He failed at his job. Miserably. No excuse.






If they only had a brain.


David Martin said...

Well said...its awful. Must win and Franklin Morales is even a thought???? Sorry...I think Clint Hurdle is a better far.

PoseidonsFist said...

I think you are being unfairly critical of Tracy, here. The biggest complaint I have of Tracy is riding is big guns into the ground. We have seen it with Ubaldo, with Olivo, with Belisle.

Let's face it - every September game has been MUST WIN. But Belisle, Betancourt and Street can't pitch every game. A four man bullpen can't work and will kill those arms for next season. You pick your spots. And when you're down big mid-game, you use your Delcarmens and Dotels. Rogers has been fantastic in the pen this year. He just screwed the pooch.

Mark Townsend said...

Unfairly critical? This is a game he himself termed must-win. If he's comfortable running those guys into the ground in May and June, why not go to your best in a MUST WIN.

He couldn't afford to use Betancourt in the 8th on the outside chance his offense could score 3-4 in the 9th? Neither he nor Street had pitched since Sunday, so what exactly is he saving them for?

Losing that game 10-9 knowing our best wasn't used leaves with me with a sick feeling. If you're comfortable with it, well, I'm happy for you. You're more tolerant of bad managing than I am.

PoseidonsFist said...

I'm not convinced it was bad managing. They were undone by Rogers. They are 3 days into 10 games in 10 days, and with Hammel's arm soreness, they couldn't afford to go deep with the bullpen. Rogers just failed.

He got two outs before he allowed a single run, so it would be hard to yank him early. Belisle was unavailable after 32pitches the night before. Not a single manager would have used their closer.

I'll give you that Betancourt ought to have pitched. He hasn't since Sunday. But even then, they trailed 9-6 at that point, and that's a very atypical juncture to bring in your setup man.

I hear your argument about Tracy calling it a must-win game, but he's said that before most every game, and killing our most important pen arms before the Giants series is a far worse offense. I'm not saying it was great managing, but it's far more on Rogers, Delcarmen, Beimel and Dotel not executing.