On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:26:24 -0500, Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Has anyone heard what Molina and Manny where discussing so > heatedly at home plate?
Did that pitch get close to hitting Manny? I didn't see that part, but thought I heard something along those lines. > - Anybody else feel that Tony LaRussa went into the game knowing > there was no chance, had somewhat given up and wanted to give some > World Series experience to his players? What other explanation I can't believe he'd do that. > is there for playing John Mabry, starting Molina and letting Hector > Luna (of all people) bat with 4 outs left in the series. Was > *anyone* surprised that Luna struck out? Clearly bringing in Izzy > was just a nod to his closer who couldn't get into the series > otherwise. Well, as you mentioned below, his 4-5-6 guys were slumping. Maybe he thought bringing in some new guys might spark something. > - When it was obvious that Jason Marquis was struggling, why didn't > Tony go to the bullpen? Sure, Marquis worked through it and only > gave up 3 runs but he was pretty lucky to only give up 3. Was he > saving the bullpen for today? In his postgame comments, La Russa praised Marquis for "keeping them in the game". I'm guessing he had more faith in Marquis than his extended bullpen. Isringhausen was impressive, but maybe he wouldn't last more than 3 innings or so? > - Having said that, I don't blame LaRussa for the loss in the WS. I feel bad for Tony, it wasn't his fault. Did you see his post game conference? He was almost in tears when a reporter asked him to sum up their 2004 season. > How could you? When your 4-5-6 men all have something like 2 hits > between them in the entire SERIES, you know you are in big trouble. > Last nights game was winnable. Holding that Red Sox line up to 3 > runs is a good effort by the pitching staff. They should have won > it, but other than Albert Pujols no one seemed to have the desire. Probably Derek Lowe deserves a bit of credit as well for keeping the Cards scoreless? > - Wow, can Albert Pujols field! Yeah, his throw to home for the out was impressive! -bryon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
