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The Straightshooter
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Marquis had enough left in the tank to finish this one. Damn it
 

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4-1 fuckin ST LOUIS!!! pull that gascan King!! before its to late....jezz we get nothing and he gets a ton to coach and we need to tell larussa's azz that :smoker2:
 

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i hate it when they take out a guy pitching a shutout, Reds haven't hit a ball hard all night. I could halfway understand if they had Izzy in the pen. LaRussa "overmanaging" again
 

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IF HE LEAVES MARQUIS IN YOUR THE SAME GUY THAT WILL ***** WHEN HE LOADS THE BASES. Back in his early A's days those teams were setting modern day records for complete games and he belives in leaving pitchers in, trust me.


HE GETS SCRUTINIZED WHEN HE LEAVES PITCHERS IN, THE GUY CAN'T WIN. BEING FROM CHICAGO THE MAN HAS WON MORE WORLD SERIES THAN THE SOX AND CUBS COOMBINES IN 200 years of trying.
I Guess Morris Did Not

by Mike Carminati
<BIG>I Guess Morris Did Not Have His Nine Lives</BIG>

Yeah, I was tempted to use the old “The Giants Win the Pennant” headline but decided on something a little more obscure and more to the point, if a bit cloying.

Tony LaRussa. If I were a Cardinals fan I would be spitting that name out with vengeance in my eyes. Did this man cost the Cardinals the series? No. Did he do anything to help? No. LaRussa in his infinite wisdom stuck with Matt Morris through the middle innings and was rewarded. He stuck with him in the bottom of the eighth with the bases loaded and left-handed-hitting Barry Bonds at the plate and was rewarded (who would expect more than from a pitcher than one run allowed in that situation?). But LaRussa should have thanked his lucky stars, pinch-hit for Morris who batted second in the top of the ninth, and had a well-rested Jason Isringhausen ready to go in the ninth.

By allowing Morris to bat, he was as much as admitting that he was playing for the tie on the road. This goes against conventional baseball wisdom. Morris came out in the ninth, got two quick outs, and then gave up a couple of hits. Steve Kline came in. Kenny Lofton jumped on his first offering and the game was over.

I feel bad for the Cardinals especially Scott Rolen because he is an ex-Phil and because he did not get an opportunity to play. I feel good for Lofton who bounced back finally after the so-called brushback pitch (he did over-react, but he came by it honestly and it seemed to get him out of his game for a few days) and for the great Barry Bonds. I also feel good for baseball. Baseball needs its great players in its finest showcase, and finally Bonds will be there.

I don’t feel bad for the supercilious LaRussa. He knew better than to make the moves that he did. He knew that Morris should have been pulled after eight innings. He knew that taking 12 pitchers including two starters (Simotacchi and Stephenson) who did not appear in either postseason series was an ill-advised move. He knew that sticking Rolen on the roster even though he wouldn’t be ready until at least the fifth game was doubly bad given that the bench was already depleted (basically the Cardinals played three players short this series with Rolen and the two unused starters). He bunted every chance he got, kept starters in too long, failed to pinch-hit when it was called for, etc. He flouted convention, thought he was above it, and he paid.
 
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5steam- I dont know who you were directing that at, but I can tell you I have thought Larussa was a terrible manager long before he came to the LOU. The only good thing he ever did for the cards was to get MAC to come there.
 

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Remember a couple weeks ago, Mulder went 10 innings
 

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You guys have no clue what baseball is about. This guy is one of the best managers you'll ever see all the way until he walks into the doors of the Hall of Fame. Many people in St Louis should even be ashamed of how they have treated him. This guy is a mastermind of the game and people should be glad they get to see him. There are only a few good ones left and they'll be gone before long. Enjoy the last of one of the game's great managers of modern era!
 

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You guys have no clue what baseball is about. This guy is one of the best managers you'll ever see all the way until he walks into the doors of the Hall of Fame. Many people in St Louis should even be ashamed of how they have treated him. This guy is a mastermind of the game and people should be glad they get to see him. There are only a few good ones left and they'll be gone before long. Enjoy the last of one of the game's great managers of modern era!

We heard that before the World Series last year too.

This guy had pitchers batting 8th a few years ago.

Now show me something that ANY OTHER MANAGER did that was THAT stupid?
 

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I never said LaRussa was an idiot, i just believe he tends to "overmanage". Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing. Let a guy who was dominant finish the freaking game.
 

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viking611 said:
You guys have no clue what baseball is about. This guy is one of the best managers you'll ever see all the way until he walks into the doors of the Hall of Fame. Many people in St Louis should even be ashamed of how they have treated him. This guy is a mastermind of the game and people should be glad they get to see him. There are only a few good ones left and they'll be gone before long. Enjoy the last of one of the game's great managers of modern era!
viking he may be a great manager on most days but last night anyone with very limited knowledge of baseball would have seen you should Pull King after he let runners get toe 1st and 2nd and before he becomes a gascan like he did and almost blew it for them... marquis could have worked 3 more outs
 

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