Piniella Dumb Decisions Thread

[Careless]

hawkeye.. what game is Z pitching?? Game four?? There isn't a game four as of right now. What if there isn't a game four after tomorrow?

 

My point is that Lou shouldn't be thinking about game four or any other game except the one he is currently managing. This guy has done a horse-sh*t job managing the series to this point.

 

In fairness it doesn't help when the offense has been shutdown by a very good Arizona pitching staff. Having said that.. the decisions Lou has made to this point STINK.

 

pulling z early allows him to be in better shape for his next start AND marmol fresh is better than carlos having thrown 85 pitches

 

he pulled z to go to a better pitcher, and allowed z to be in better shape for his next start. he accomplished two things at once, or at least he would have, if marmol hadn't sucked.

 

agreed completely.

 

at first i hated the move, but looking back on it, it was a pretty solid move and if it worked out we'd be crawling over each other to (kiss) lou

given the situation there, you either have to pinch hit for Z or have him bunt, and pinch hitting is the smart move

[E.J.]

I think his dumbest decision, by far, was to come out of retirement to coach this pathetic team. Nice work Cobs. Way to play well in the postseason.

[Guest]

Boy, I sure am glad Z is going to be extra rested for next year. Way to save him for an imaginary game 4 Lou, brilliant.

 

that's really kind of silly because they would have had to win game 4 had they won either 2 or 3. I agree with djaxxradio that lou seemed to be playing longterm a bit too much in the series where I believe you should try to win every game. the defendable reason is that marmol and the pen were more likely to win game one than zambrano.