Which One Doesn t Belong?

Have to agree with the last 10 comments, something smelly is hitting the fan. The silver lining is AZ lost to the Reds again so still tied for 1st but the Rockies have to be feeling like they can beat both at this point. Rich Hill goes tomorrow and the test will be how his curve breaks in the thin air.

Good and bad Maher’s don’t sway won and loss records much but this year in a race that will likely go down to the last week, Roberts incompetence may cost us the playoffs. The game moves too fast for him, it has been apparent since last year’s series. He should be a life coach not a big league manager, no fire, always politically correct. Want to throw up listening to him post game.

Also, I realize what the organizational philosophy is but it is tiring watch hot hitters sit constantly.

Believe it or not, when McMahon came up to hit I considered that maybe the Dodgers should bring Rosscup into the game. Just because McMahon homered off of him the night before, doesn’t mean that he would have done it again. I thought that Rosscup might be able to get him by using his slider (if he could throw it for strikes) given that the HR the night before was off the fastball.

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Chargois did not look comfortable or overly confident. And given that he throws hard, I was hoping to see some high fastball a little above the zone when he was ahead in the count. Would have been nice to see him change the eye level of some of the hitters, and also put in their minds that they couldn’t look for the ball down on every pitch.

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By the way, where was Floro. Any reason he wasn’t used in this game?

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If anything, we know for sure why Kenley is so valuable to this team.

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When Ryu comes back, Maeda needs to go to the pen. Maybe he could reprise Takashi Saito. Not sure what the story is with Cingrani, but the sooner he returns the better. And perhaps Urias will be effective out of the pen.

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From what I read, Ferguson was used past one inning tonight because he threw 28 pitches on Thursday night. If that’s the case, I don’t have a problem with it. His long term future is more important than any single outing.

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And one other thing. None of what happened late in the game would have happened if the Dodgers could have put up some more runs, instead of going scoreless after the 2nd inning.

I meant “Feguson was NOT used… in the previous post.

I have said many times that Roberts is not a good game day manager, but now I’m starting to think he actually thinks he is the smartest guy on the field. If I’m right, then he should take a look down the bench at the guy who just may be the smartest person on the field, Chase Utley. Love to see him manage, but he is not an FO puppet.

I preferred to let Fergusson finish the game.

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Roberts, like Mattingly, is better at winning a war than he is at winning a battle.

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If not Roberts as Manager, I want AJ Ellis.