Joe Maddon for brain cramping for 36 hours Yeah, I think some of Joe's moves made sense but others were head scratchers. Joe's worst decision by far was pulling Kyle early. He should have left Kyle in to finish the 5th, then brought him out for the 6th and WAITED until there was a SERIOIUS threat. KYLE WAS FREAKING DEALING! Just imagine how that game could have gone if the horsefeathering ump would have rung Santana up in the 5th. Hendricks would have entered the 6th with a 6-1 lead after Rossy's HR and probably still would have been shutting them down. I might go so far to say Kyle could have finished that horsefeathering game on his own if given the chance. Maddon, love the guy, but he WAAAAAAYYYYY over thought the decision to bring in Lester that early. I would have rode the major league ERA leader as long as I could. Joe just seemed determined to follow some lame game plan to bridge Lester to Chapman at the first inkling of trouble. Joe could have easily waited for Lester in the 7th or eventhe 8th for that matter. If Kyle got in trouble, he could have had Monty come in and finish the inning and let Lester start off the next inning clean. Well, Hendricks did get into some real trouble and even when he settled down the Indians were still making decent contact. It's Game 7 and you're determined to not wait too long to go to an asset like Lester, but because of Hendricks' 3rd inning they had to get Lester up and pitching, and you cant just keep having a guy perpetually warming up in a slooooowwwwwww game, especially a starter you're expecting to pitch multiple innings out of the bullpen on short rest.