Comments on: World Series IGD: Astros @ White Sox, Game 2

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:53:08 +0000

I have to admit, some of Garner’s moves have been pretty odd. His non-use of Chris Burke in Game 1, and his choice of Jose Vizcaino over Mike Lamb in Game 2 (even though it worked) were puzzling.

Did anybody flash back to Mark Langston when the pitch from Chad Qualls “hit” Jermaine Dye?

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By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:56:03 +0000

Richard,

I think the answer is that Phil Garner has no idea what he is doing. People around here complain about Bochy — imagine if the Padres were saddled with Garner, aka Moron Manager.

His idea of pitching changes is to bring in successively worse pitchers as the game situation more critical — gotta save the closer for the save situation.

Padre fans should consider themselves lucky that their 3rd or 4th worse pitcher is their closer as we can get our best pitchers in the game in 6th through 8th inning instead of leaving them in the bullpen.

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By: Richard B. Wade

Richard B. Wade — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:58:36 +0000

The thing I didn't understand is why the hell Wandy Rodriguez was pitching. Unless I couldn't see the 1 in front of Chicago's 3, that game was tied.

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