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Monday, May 26, 2008 |
The Case Of The Missing Windmill: Cubs 3, Dodgers 1
Questions about this game:
- Why didn't Chad Billingsley attempt a suicide squeeze in the fifth with one out and runners on the corners? The Dodgers have been having trouble scoring runs; it seems like smallball is eminently called for in that circumstance.
- Why was Chin-Lung Hu held at third on Kemp's double? It would have taken a perfect throw to get him.
- Why did Mark Sweeney get the start at first? Loney may be scuffling, but ... c'mon...
Comments:
Totally agree with you on the last two bullet points, and wasn't watching in the fifth to comment on the first one.
Hu should have been sent. It's funny, for years I lamented Glenn Hoffman's daily ritual of sending runners straght into buzzsaws of catchers holding the relay from the field, for the out at home (sometimes, twice in one play!). But Bowa, who has been pretty good at the third base coach slot this year, missed this one. Hu didn't help any by looking up late to see the ball carrying over Fukudome, who got a perfect relay off the ivy to save the game-tying run.
Sweeney must be stopped. I don't know what pictures of Torre he's got in his locker, but his impotent at-bats are killing the team in pinch-hitting situations--so why give him a chance to do that 4x per game?
Hu should have been sent. It's funny, for years I lamented Glenn Hoffman's daily ritual of sending runners straght into buzzsaws of catchers holding the relay from the field, for the out at home (sometimes, twice in one play!). But Bowa, who has been pretty good at the third base coach slot this year, missed this one. Hu didn't help any by looking up late to see the ball carrying over Fukudome, who got a perfect relay off the ivy to save the game-tying run.
Sweeney must be stopped. I don't know what pictures of Torre he's got in his locker, but his impotent at-bats are killing the team in pinch-hitting situations--so why give him a chance to do that 4x per game?
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