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Beckett gets out of a terrible 1st with no damage done.
Beckett gets out of a terrible 1st with no damage done.
PressCoverage said:someone explain to me why we don't pinch run for Ortiz in that situation in the ninth with no one out? what a failure... the corporation and it's conceited fans strike again....
Ray Finkle said:Nah there's no way you pinch run with Ortiz ever. Grady Little used to do it all the time (one of the reasons why he got fired). If you take him out and don't score you lose you're best hitter in extra innings. Plus who was going to pinch run for him? Javy Lopez, Eric Hinske or a hurt Alex Gonzalez were the only options on the bench.
PressCoverage said:so what? you gotta shoot your wad when you have the chance against the corporation... that Giambi gaffe was gift wrapped!!!!!... Papi legging it out for two to lead off the 9th was the open door that we didn't step through... Gonzalez beats that play to third on the Youk bunt, if they even bother to try and throw to third... Then Gonzalez scores on the passed ball, game over... You're not playing for overtime against this team, with our sorryass bullpen... You're playing to win the game right then and there...
its what you have to do...any manager would have done that.Ray Finkle said:That's assuming Gonzalez can even run. He has a bad back that has kept him out of the line up for 3 days.
I'm not even sure bunting with Youk is the right call in that situation though.