at the time the Dodgers were down 3-1 bottom of the 5th
<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Andy LaRoche:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">LaRoche singled to right.</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Andre Ethier:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ethier walked, LaRoche to second.</td></tr> <tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Mike Lieberthal:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Foul, Lieberthal grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, LaRoche to third, Ethier out at second</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="subst" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg1" colspan="2" align="left">Nomar Garciaparra hit for Eric Hull.</td></tr> <tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Nomar Garciaparra:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Garciaparra popped out to first.</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="inning" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" colspan="2" align="left">End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
I'm an no manager, but how come when the first two runners reached, he didn't have Lieberthal bunt??
Lieberthal has had only 70 ab's this season, and only 1rbi. The pitchers spot was next, which he used Nomar to pinch hit. So if you going to use a pinch hitter, why not at least get the runners in scoring position. A sac fly would have made it at a 1 run game. Nomar poped up, but maybe his approach is different with runners in scoring position, then with the bases empty...Grady Little is inept.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Andy LaRoche:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">LaRoche singled to right.</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Andre Ethier:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ethier walked, LaRoche to second.</td></tr> <tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Mike Lieberthal:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Foul, Lieberthal grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, LaRoche to third, Ethier out at second</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="subst" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg1" colspan="2" align="left">Nomar Garciaparra hit for Eric Hull.</td></tr> <tr class="bg2" id="batter" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" align="right" width="20%">Nomar Garciaparra:</td> <td class="bg2" align="left" width="width">Ball, Garciaparra popped out to first.</td></tr> <tr class="bg3" id="inning" align="right" height="17" valign="center"> <td class="bg2" colspan="2" align="left">End of Inning (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
I'm an no manager, but how come when the first two runners reached, he didn't have Lieberthal bunt??
Lieberthal has had only 70 ab's this season, and only 1rbi. The pitchers spot was next, which he used Nomar to pinch hit. So if you going to use a pinch hitter, why not at least get the runners in scoring position. A sac fly would have made it at a 1 run game. Nomar poped up, but maybe his approach is different with runners in scoring position, then with the bases empty...Grady Little is inept.
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