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Wow. It really is amazing how much bad luck and poor decisions we've had on the base paths. Couple that with the fact that teams have been manufacturing runs against us by taking extra bags- it just hurts. Man I can't wait until things start to balance out a bit.

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MTOsFan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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That's exactly the case. It's not a matter of wanting a better defender than Pie-- it's a matter of wanting to keep Lou's bat in the lineup for the rest of the game.

I'm going to say your memory is wrong on this one. I don't think it's happened before.

Freel came in in the late innings early in the season IIRC.

And btw, Montanez has looked pretty uneasy in LF since he went in. It must be really windy the way he has struggled.

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SB isn't a bad move there. Scott was the last offensive threat in our lineup, so you move to second hoping to get him to get a single to tie the game.

Otherwise you're hoping from an XBH to the gaps from Scott and then a good piece of hitting from Wigginton or someone behind him (or a PH).

Sucks that he got caught, but I don't disagree with the strategy. Nick has a decent success rate and relief pitchers aren't usually as good as holding runners as starters.

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That's exactly the case. It's not a matter of wanting a better defender than Pie-- it's a matter of wanting to keep Lou's bat in the lineup for the rest of the game.

I'm going to say your memory is wrong on this one. I don't think it's happened before.

Luckily (or unluckily for my shoddy memory) I'm bored enough at work that I looked at every box score for April and it seems he was only pulled late once or twice, and probably during his at-bats. I stand corrected.

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