Pitch early in the home seven, three and two for Riley Green. He
labels this ball high in the air right field. This is way out of
here. Just wait for it to land. Riley Green's bastball and boom,
shake the room and the crowd goes crazy because this ball is flied out to
right field. Bye bye baseball. Riley Green strikes again. That was the
bottom of the four in Game one. Riley Green with the home run,
the leadoff home run in the inning, his sixth of the year, which
is a nice number to start the season, right, We'll take that.
Unfortunately, Cardinals came back in the ninth to beat Detroit two to one.
In that first game. I don't want to be the naysayer here. I
don't want to be the mister negative here, because Detroit did come back and
win the second game. They scored in each of the first three innings,
probably scared you a little bit when they were up for nothing, and then
the Cardinals put a five spot on the board in the fifth before Detroit responded
in their half of the fifth and then kind of pulled away in the seventh
with a four run seventh. But the problem that many fans had after game
one. It's not just the loss, it's you know, I say this
all the time, it's how you lose. Are you going to lose with
your best player? You're going to lose with your players who do what they
do best. And I don't think Detroit did that in Game one. It's
easy to second guess managers. And this is how we started the show.
What coaches or is it manager? Because there's only one man. I suppose
there's a manager in soccer, but we're not going there. There's a manager
in baseball, and then he has coaches. Everybody else's coaches, as you
know, So who gets second guest more? I think it's managers and offensive
coordinators, which eventually falls at the feet of the head coach in football,
But I would say baseball managers because things are right there in front of you
and it's a slower paced game. Baseball can be very fast. You may
not think that, but it's true. It can be very fast. You
have to be thinking so many innings and so many moves ahead. It really
is chess. But I think a lot of people are wondering, wait a
minute, now, hold on, why in the world is Shelby Miller in
the game the guy had one save all of last year. You know how
many saves he had as a major leaguer. How many saves does he have
one? He's got one. I know he comes out of the bullpen for
the Tigers. But he is not necessarily a back end guy, not a
ninth inning guy. Never has been. And before people say, well,
you can adjust to those roles, every manager has told us ninth innings are
different. The ninth inning is not as easy as you think it is.
It's a problem that a lot of players have had over the years. Being
a setup guy and being a closer and a setup guy may not always be
the most complimentary thing, but it really is a key role. If you're
bridging, let's use that instead. If you're bridging the seventh to the ninth.
If you're that eighth inning guy, and Jason Foley has been that guy
in the past, that's pretty damn good. You still need that quote unquote,
hold, don't you? Absolutely so? When you have that, it's
a vital piece. But the ninth inning is different. It just is the
feel, the pressure, the part of the order oftentimes that you're seeing if
things go well. If you don't believe me, ask jose Cis Naro how
different it truly is, because he'll tell you it is. It's much different.
Certain guys are built for certain situations. Joaquin Benwah ask him how different
is the ninth compared to the eighth? Twenty thirteen. Hello, it's right
there for you. Jason Foley had no problem with the eighth, and I
don't think he has any problem with the ninth either. Aj Hinch does not
like labels. He does not want to label guys certain situations. So he
doesn't want to say he's my closer. Why I quite honestly, it's I'm
not totally certain on that. Why you would just it's okay to call a
guy closer. I think a lot of managers do it. He doesn't have
to. I think he doesn't have to, nor does he because he may
not have the ideal guy Alex Lang could do it right. He's got multiple
guys he thinks can do it. So it depends on the certain situation.
It depends on who's coming up in the order, and it depends on if
there's anybody on if you need a ground ball. Some guys are fly ball
pitchers. Some guys are ground ball pitchers. Some guys have certain success against
lefties or right You want a guy who has success against either. That's the
ideal situation. You're gonna have guys make mistakes. You're gonna have guys who
blow saves. That's just the way it is. There's no Mariano Rovero or
Trevor Hoffman any longer, no Lee Smith out there right now. Okay,
But Jason Fuldy's got nine saves for you. He threw nine pitches. What
do you saving him for? This is what fans were saying, and I
understand it. Not bring them back out there. There is a difference when
you're off the bump and then you go in the dugout and you sit down.
They call them updowns. When you go up and then you sit down
in the inning, wait for it aying to get by, and then come
up again. People feel like there's a factor there. That's what you build
up to in spring training. You're building up your endurance to do something like
that. And I don't mean physical, oh man, I'm winded. I
mean it's the arm. It's waiting on the arm, all that other stuff.
Would I have preferred to see Jason fully come out for a seconding you
bet at least start the inning. So managers feel like certain guys need to
come in from the bullpen to start the inning. Some guys feel like,
if you've got to go to fully in the ninth, then he gets in
trouble, then who do you go to trotting out of the bullpen? Who
feels comfortable in that situation. Alex Lang should be comfortable in that situation,
but depending on how often he has pitched recently, maybe that's not in the
cards. No pun intended. These are usually the explanations. I'm not saying
it's gospel, and I'm not telling you to not be upset. Alex Lange
did pitch in Game two, non safe situation, but he did pitch in
Game two. Would you have rather seen him in Game one? Probably?
If he was healthy enough to pitch in game two, why not game one?
In a high leverage situation. Shelby Miller has been around long enough where
I don't think it would have been an uncomfortable situation for him. Otherwise,
aj Hinch doesn't use him. But people were upset yesterday because they felt like
you should have had game one. They were happy for Game two. What
was more upsetting to you the pitching situation in the ninth thing, well,
the fact they couldn't hit their way out of a paper bag throughout the entire
game. We'll talk more about that on the other side as we get things
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