O's @ Yankees April 6th

[O's84]

Lead off on, let's do something here.

[Philip]

I’ve been working, but I turned away in horror when the bases were loaded with nobody out, and I was flabbergasted to find out that the man showed up and struck out the side. Whatever happens, that was a nice recovery. But The pitch count is up. I hope our fool manager doesn’t let him linger too long.

[Tony-OH]

Cole looks pretty impossible to square up right now. His stuff is pretty sick today. Another reason not to run on contact with the infield drawn in. 

[eddie83]

If Kremer wants to survive in the big leagues he needs to refine his command. Too many pitches. 

[PHRESH]

He's done

[Philip]

Now a good manager would have been paying attention, would have anticipated an early exit, and would get somebody up before necessary so as to avoid a bunch of guys on base. I was eating dinner so I missed it, so can somebody tell me whether our manager did this? Or is he just now getting somebody up, with two guys on base courtesy of walks?

 

Asking for a friend...

[scOtt]

Hyde out. Kremer done.

 

If a reliever gets out of this mess, it's a halfway decent outing...

[maybenxtyr]

1 minute ago, Philip said:

Now a good manager would have been paying attention, would have anticipated an early exit, and would get somebody up before necessary so as to avoid a bunch of guys on base. I was eating dinner so I missed it, so can somebody tell me whether our manager did this? Or is he just now getting somebody up, with two guys on base courtesy of walks?

 

Asking for a friend...

Well, any manager would expect more than 3 innings. 

[spiritof66]

OK, basis loaded, so let's get the other Rule 5 guy in there to see how he handles a pressure situation.  

[Philip]

Well, we now have the bases-loaded and nobody out. I’m not listening, just watching game day, so I do not know whether anybody is up and warming and when he started warming up

[scOtt]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

Cole looks pretty impossible to square up right now. His stuff is pretty sick EVERY DAMN DAY. Another reason not to run on contact with the infield drawn in. 

ftfy

[spiritof66]

OK, basis loaded, so let's get the other Rule 5 guy in there to see how he handles a pressure situation.  

[maybenxtyr]

1 minute ago, spiritof66 said:

OK, basis loaded, so let's get the other Rule 5 guy in there to see how he handles a pressure situation.  

He's not a Rule V guy.

[Philip]

1 minute ago, maybenxtyr said:

Well, any manager would expect more than 3 innings. 

Are you saying that a manager should ignore his starters pitch count or performance? I’m thinking not.
Sometimes a guy just doesn’t have it, and when you throw ~75 pitches in three innings, you don’t have it, and the manager needs to be prepared for that, he wasn’t yesterday and he’s not now.

[scOtt]

Trade DP for a run. Works.