Found October 17, 2009 on
We Should Be GM's:
Charlie Manuel is a man who prides himself on going by feel, or as he likes to put it- "his gut". So why in the hell did he micromanage yesterday's loss like he was reading a step-by-step how-to-manage manual?! Pedro Martinez was on a pitch count, so naturally after 7 dominating shutout innings and 87 pitches, he was pulled because he reached the magic number of bullets shot. Who comes up with these damn pitch counts? Would his arm have fallen off had he pitched the 8th and gone about 100 pitches? That's doubtful. It's the postseason, screw pitch counts, you ride that horse until he comes up gimp. In all seriousness, Pedro should have started the 8th, and had a runner reached base, then bring in Chan Ho Park.That 8th inning was a disaster. 5 pitchers in one inning is micromanaging at its finest worst. I don't think Charlie used 5 pitchers in one inning all season, maybe not even 5 pitchers in 2 innings, so why start doing that crap now? I understa...
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