Ray Finkle
☠️ Banned ☠️
MikeO said:Of course the bats are why we lost. But in big games, big players must do big things. The list of pitchers who threw on 3 days rest in the playoffs is so long I won't even begin to name it. Wang should have at the very least been in the city/stadium!!!!! And its overrated that throwing on 3 days rest is some impossible thing. And when my other options are Wright (only gonna give ya 5 innings on a good day) and Corey Lidel.......Wang on 3 days rest isn't so bad!
You had a better chance of getting 5 quality innings out of Wang on 3 days rest than with Jaret Wright!! And I don't think a whole 24 hours of rest would have ended Wang's career. It isn't like they ask him to do it all the time. Just once!!
Wang is a sinkerball pitcher and actually they say that sinkerball pitchers pitch better on short rest when they have tired arms because the ball moves more.
I actually agree with you here, you have Wang start this game because if he wins, Mussina would pitch on Sunday on full rest and there's no way the Tigers win a Game 5 in NY, in my opinion.
You worry about the next round, once you get there.