http://www.bringingheat.com/2009/10/lack-of-execution.html/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:01:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.bringingheat.com/2009/10/lack-of-execution.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Bring the Heat Fantasy Baseball Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:53:52 +0000 http://www.bringingheat.com/?p=5#comment-3 Well that's where Joe Torre COULD HAVE pinch hit for Manny. The situation called for moving that runner to third anyway possible. No matter how you do it- that runner HAS to be on third base with less than 2 outs to score a tying run. In the regular season, sure- let manny swing away....in the postseason? You need every run you can get and that's where Joe Torre should have taken the bat out of Manny's hands. Baseball is a game of failure- no matter how many times Manny comes through late in the game, the odds are against him finding a hole for a base hit. Well that's where Joe Torre COULD HAVE pinch hit for Manny. The situation called for moving that runner to third anyway possible. No matter how you do it- that runner HAS to be on third base with less than 2 outs to score a tying run. In the regular season, sure- let manny swing away….in the postseason? You need every run you can get and that's where Joe Torre should have taken the bat out of Manny's hands. Baseball is a game of failure- no matter how many times Manny comes through late in the game, the odds are against him finding a hole for a base hit.

]]> http://www.bringingheat.com/2009/10/lack-of-execution.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2 d.j. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:57:34 +0000 http://www.bringingheat.com/?p=5#comment-2 Pinch hitting for Manny Ramirez is unheard of but so is having him bunt. As a major leaguer you should know the situation and not always go for the 2-run homer. Aramis Ramirez said this year that he doesn't try to pull anything with runners on base and that he tries to hit the ball from left-center to the right field line. Granted in this particular situation, Manny wasn't going to see much and should not have expanded the zone. I believe it was a mental fart for Manny Ramirez and a fault to his baseball IQ to try and be the hero instead of just being a team player. Pinch hitting for Manny Ramirez is unheard of but so is having him bunt. As a major leaguer you should know the situation and not always go for the 2-run homer. Aramis Ramirez said this year that he doesn't try to pull anything with runners on base and that he tries to hit the ball from left-center to the right field line. Granted in this particular situation, Manny wasn't going to see much and should not have expanded the zone. I believe it was a mental fart for Manny Ramirez and a fault to his baseball IQ to try and be the hero instead of just being a team player.

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