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04/08/05 - Brewers (Capuano) @ Cubs (Wood), 1:20 PM CT

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Bruce Ciskie

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Why don't we just forfeit the game? Clearly, no one in the dugout is interested in winning it.

 

Nice strategy, Ned. I'm starting to think you're not much better than some of the idiots I like to rip (i.e. Little, Guillen, etc.).

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that was abysmal. My dad was calling the Jenkins strikeout on the high heater. I was calling the fastball over the plate that he takes for strike three. I owe him a buck I guess
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Who could have predicted that? Certainly not Nedley.

 

Puke.

 

In his defense, of course, it's not like he's got an abundance of useful players on the bench.

 

Having three third-basemen is just not a good idea. Neither is having only one left-handed hitter on the bench, especially when said hitter can't hit right-handers.

 

EDIT: Bill-Magruder could have stayed in the game.

 

Yeah, in that case nevermind. Just dumbness all around that inning.

 

~Bill

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Brutal. Simply brutal.

 

Jenkins should refund some of his salary. He's just killing us today.

 

Drop him in the order.

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Having three third-basemen is just not a good idea. Neither is having only one left-handed hitter on the bench, especially when said hitter can't hit right-handers.

Neither is 12 freakin' pitchers. You take more options away from an already tactically challenged manager in order to keep Tommy Phelps?

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I have a simple question. How can a guy that was so, so darn good when he was 24 and 25 not improve but get much, much, much worse as he goes through his best age years.

 

I just do not get it.

 

But he did manage a half year of decency to pick up is 7 mill x 4 years contract.

 

How, how disappointing.

Bruce Ciskie First Round Pick

Bruce Ciskie

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Bill--

 

I agree with you, but you have to deal with what you have, or something like that. And part of that is that Ned has to rid himself of this hard-on he has for lefty vs. righty.

 

We needed Magruder to hit for the pitcher as much as we needed a hole in the head. When you only have one true outfielder on the bench, it doesn't make any sense to pinch-hit him in a spot where you know he can't be used in the field. It limits what you can do in situations like that.

 

Given Ned's history, there's no way in Comiskey Park that he wanted Jenkins to hit in that spot. But by putting Magruder in a one-and-done spot, he limited his options to basically none. And it left Dusty laughing in the other dugout, because he probably knew Jenkins would be allowed to hit...er...strike out against Remlinger.

 

I'm not a huge fan of second-guessing managers in the third game of the season, but Ned has to be smarter about managing his bench if it's going to remain this severely limited.

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