I have a feeling I'll be using that headline a lot this season. When the only highlight was Torii Hunter arguing an iffy third strike call at the end, you know it was a bad game.
I may have asked this question before, but I decided to ask it again. IF David Price is one of the acknowledged best pitchers in all of baseball (and he is) WHY do the Twins insist on wasting OUR best pitcher against him on opening day? Why didn't we send our second best pitcher against him, hope for the best, and save OUR best pitcher against their second starter WEDNESDAY during the second game?
Doesn't that automatically increase our chances of winning at least ONE of the first two games each year. THAT'S why I want managers to think differently. That's how the Twins should take every opportunity to increase their win total.
We're shut out. We can't use Hughes again for several days and Nolasco might have pitched an okay game.
Think different.
Especially when you really need to.
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ReplyDeleteWhile I like your way of thinking, that thought can go two ways. The new skipper would look like a genius if we would have won opening day with our #2 pitcher but with a loss it may not sit well that he's trying to be so different. If this was a established manager it may not be that big of a deal but I can about imagine what the media would try to make that into.
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