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  1. sheethead
    3. Once again, bringing in Turnbow for a second consecutive day, with the kicker being with runners already on 1st and 2nd. Not only did I assume the game would at least be tied at that point, Turnbow decides to have a total mental lapse and allow Berkman and Lee to DOUBLE STEAL with one out! If he had at least looked at 2nd base, that flyball doesn't score a run, and the Brewers get out of that inning down 1 run. Weeks 2 run shot the next inning gives them the lead, and Cordero comes in and closes the game out. Its pretty much a given that when Yost uses Turnbow in a blowout win/loss, the next day he will need to use him in a high impact situation - and Turnbow will be no good. Ned likes stats right? Maybe he should look at Turnbows stats the second day of consecutive day outings. I would like to take a second for a shout out: Steve Phillips and John Kruk blasting Milwaukee fans for their 20/20 hindsight... there is a reason neither of you are holding decision making jobs. Keep on blowing hard at EverySinglePersonNeeds to know about the Red Sox and Yankees at least 20 times per show. Morons.
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    It pretty simple when you think about it. Yost wanted Bush to pitch in the bottom of the seventh, so had him bat in the top of the inning. Bush gets a hit, he's on first, and he's still probably going to pitch in the bottom of the inning. Once Bush had to run from first to third he was winded, so Linebrink comes in. You can say in hingsight "he should have used a pinch runner", but if the pinch runner had been stranded at first Yost would be criticized for wasting a pinch runner and going to our crappy pen too early. Simple indeed. So either Yost was banking on a HR, or Bush being stranded on first. Any other situation would require Bush to run, therefore getting him out of the game. I see, good strategy. Bulletin: when you are on first base, chances are you will have to run in order to advance and/or score.
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    And if you have to trot Wise out in the bottom of the 10th with a one-run lead and he gives up a walk and two hits... allowing the winning run to score, what then? I would make the argument that Wise didn't have to be trotted out this game at all, and shouldn't have been.
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    I caught that too. How dumb can a manager be at this point in the season? Another thing that gave me deja vu dreams all night was the fact that Yost let Shouse start the 8th, then went to Turnbow with 2 on and less than 2 out. Remind anyone of a debacle in Philly earlier this year? Yost just has no sense of trial and error learning. Why make the same team-destructing mistakes over and over and over again? I know I have voted already (probably 50 times), but a resounding NAY for me. I have no patience left, and hopefully Melvin and Mark A. don't either. What a crap manager. He would be good for the Devil Rays, Royals, or Rangers at this point in time. He is definitely no good for a contending team. No I really know how Cubs fans felt the past couple of seasons. Brutal.
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    Amen brother I see that Amen and raise an Hallelujah.
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    I think he is serviceable, but not any more than that. I can't remember the last time he added anything to viewing experience. We generally put on the radio when the TV feed is synced up well enough. Bill is almost painful with anything he interjects. His classic, "Are you kidding me?!?" comments are lame.
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    We all know you can do it Dave Bush, so do it!! Make us all like Bush!!!
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    You're just ignorant. It's up to the players to execute no matter what the situation is. Jenkins should have found a way to hit that ball in the dirt (off a LHP) to prevent that weird hit-and-run from failing miserably. And it's just blind luck that Cordero got out of that inning with a strikeout, while somebody like Aquino throws wild pitches and gives up triples. Stop holding Yost accountable for the things that have happened to this team. It's just not fair! LOL, or to make it more recent, Mitch Stetter.
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    Double steal attempts with 2 on and 1 out. Leaving Jenkins in TWICE to face bullpen lefties in a close game. Maybe Ned has another mosquito bite he was itching. Get that man some OFF!!! p.s. I too will rejoice in the firing of Ned Yost, despite his finally using the bullpen properly tonight (you know it isn't going to contiunue).
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    Believe it or not, I am both excited about the race and displeased with the managing at the same time. Granted my excitement would be greater if the Brewers had a good manager, but that seems to be a positive correlation seeing how I would like the team to win more games.
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    While I think 90 wins may have been a reach for the Brewers this year, it was entirely doable. Sure not expected to start the year, but expectations can change as a season progresses. I would say 5 is an accurate estimation on how many wins Ned's badness has cost the team. Could be more, could be less. The fact that it is that many games speaks volumes for his badness. Put 5 in the W column and take 5 away from the L, and you have 79-66. Exactly where my adjusted expectations had them. Have I mentioned i'm sick of the sight of Ned since he told the fans they basically don't know baseball and to calm down? Yay for the day Ned is gone, yay for the day.
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    I wouldn't be too quick to fault Ned for thinking that one of his starters could at least put the bat on the ball (which Hall failed to do). Usually I would agree with this, but not in-game yesterday. Hall was a tremendous long shot to get the job done.
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    See, I'm assuming rational actors here. Allowing Jenkins to face Grabow is just stupid, and even there Jenkins/Gross increases you GIDP chance (see the ball Jenkins did hit off Grabow). If you're pulling Hall and Grabow comes in you should pull Jenkins and get to Estrada. Now you have to pinch hit Gross 9th and your bench is down to Stockman, Gwynn, and Nix in a tie game in the 8th. Again its not a slam dunk to pull Hall when doing so burns 4 players. Now Jenkins vs Grabow with the bases load is another matter.... I will admit, PHing for Hall yesterday is questionable. What tips the scale for me is that Hall looked like he was mailing it in yesterday. I would have probably PH Gwynn instead of Jenkins, hoping Tracy doesnt see the need to go to the pen and finding the best way to stay out of the DP. Where is the out of the box thinking? With the infield at DP depth, a squeeze would have been nice imo. There is no creativity in the dugout. No inspiration. I don't see inspiration. All I see is stale managing. Predictable and stale. Unfortunately its predictably bad, routinely.
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    The only right handed batters left were Estrada and Rivera. Which when you are trying to avoid the GIDP are the last two guys you want hitting. I'd take Rivera against a lefty over Jenkins/Hall any day this year, but I can see how this would be debateable.
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    My beef with letting Hall bat in the 8th with one out and runners on the corners was because it just delayed the inevitable. Why not PH Jenkins, then switch to a RH batter before Hall K's? Why wait until there are two outs to force Tracy's hand. Bill Hall should not have hit in that position, and just might be on his way to a career platoon type player. Although, he even looked awful against a lefty yesterday. Ned never forces the hand of the opposing manager, which is why he is out-managed almost on a daily basis. If Ned's players don't execute the way he foresees them to, it's game over.
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    Actually, that's well put - in that, it illustrates that no matter what happens, if the Brewers lose, Yost somehow mishandled the bullpen in the minds of many here. The mismangement started the day before in a blowout win.
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    First, I don't see how my post was political. Sorry if it could be interpreted as such. Second, I dont think Yost mishandels his pitchers, I know he does.
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    Ned is George W in this respect: willing whipping boy. I would say they are both equal in brain capacity as well. And they look alike. And they are both terrible at what they do. Wait... Ned Yost = George W. It all makes sense now.
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    It's hard for me to decide whether or not to shell out the cash for playoff seats tomorrow at 10am. This game today didn't make my decision any easier. I can just imagine a giant boo fest as Ned bumbles time and time again. He is so bad.
  20. sheethead
    Win or die!!!
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    Yost should be nayed so he can have more time to shop at Cabellas and relax.
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    The very best hitters in baseball fail 70% of the time yet managers need to be 100% or they are not doing their job? Sheesh... I did not say anything about 100%. I was saying that you cannot credit the manager for winning games when he makes a good decision. Its his job to make good decisions. I did not mean to confuse anyone by implying that good decisions need to work out. They just have to be good, sound decisions. Anyone who has played solitare (or a similar game) knows that good decisions don't always work out. But they give you the best chance to succeed.
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    I'll turn it round for you. Why don't you come up with an exact number of games Yost's decisions have cost us and subtract that from the number of games his decisions may have helped win. The managers job is to put the team in the best possible position to win the game, each game. When one of Ned's decisions helps win the game he is simply doing what he gets paid to do. On the other hand, when he makes a bad decision that debatedly costs the game he is not doing what he gets paid for. Managers don't get credit for the decisions that win games because that is their job.
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    That is exactly why you don't bring in Greg Aquino. Thank you. I see we have the same philosophy. http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/wink.gif
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    I don't think Aquino was all that dumb of a move either. He isn't a rookie, fresh from AAA. He's a guy that has some experience as a closer! He has some good stuff when he is on. He did pretty good at AAA. I'm sure some were wondering why he wasn't brought up sooner, while other guys were worn down. He had already blown two games for Ned this year while on the MLB roster. I know I wasn't wondering why Greg Aquino hadn't been called up earlier. Maybe the reason for that is.... well, another lost game that should have been won. There wasn't many good double switch options either. Mench and Counsel batted before the pitcher's spot. Estrada would have been an option with Rottino. Hindsight, maybe a better option. The options were gone because Ned exhausted them too early in a 3 run game. Does he not know they had already blown 14 of those leads and lost this year?
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