Tripod wrote:Randle McMurphy wrote:JaysRule15 wrote:
Point remains that Barger isn't exactly slow. He can score from second. And Springer was gone already. Barger plays outfield for us. He's not a slow player where you gotta pinch run for him when we don't have the lead.
Why didnt the Dodgers start moving in their bench players? They kept the original lineup and didn't take away from their offense.
It didn't work out for Schneider and I'm hardly the only one talking about it. Even the USA broadcast mentioned it.
Straw is one of the best baserunners in baseball, he's miles faster and better than Barger in that respect
There are loads of scenarios where that could have benefited us in scoring a run there, a run that likely wins the game for us. It's not a bad move whatsoever and it's not a move anybody has complained about all season when we've literally done the same thing with Straw dozens of times.
And the Dodgers did move out several of their starters, just not as many as we did (because not as many of theirs got injured or are pylons on the bases). They also almost lost a half dozen times themselves.
You keep saying "we did this all season".
It's **** different. It's the WS. You don't get guys starting at 2nd every inning which helps finish games.
And again, you lost Springer. You lost Bo. You have to look at the whole picture.
The fact that it is the WS is even more of a reason to do it.
Scoring one run in the 7th or 8th inning there would have increased the team’s chances of winning the game (and therefore a championship) tremendously. It’s pure hindsight criticism to suggest differently after extra innings ended up getting played (particularly that many).
You can’t manage for a theoretical AB in an inning that may never happen an hour (or two or three) later, you need to take your shots at winning when you have them.
