Well, when you have an unreliable pen whose 6th and 7th inning guys seem to get one or two outs and then blow up, I do not think taking a chance was a terrible idea.  I do think Black left him in too long--maybe to prove a point?

The Rockies desperately needed someone to shore up the bullpen and we got a catcher whose offense is not as good as the current guys on the roster?  Yeah, he is experienced, but we seem to have a huge hole in the bullpen which needed fixing more than the catcher position.