Mike Scioscia is one of the stupidest people on the planet

Mr.Smith · Oct 23, 2009

Did this retard actually issue an intentional walk with a one run lead with 2 out and no one on base in the 9th inning?

Gay-Rod has a 40% OBP meaning a 60% chance of retiring him to win the game. Retard Mikey gave the tying run first base. Considering his penchant for the sac bunt ( totally discredited by Bill James) which reared its ugly head here too and this well beyond amazingly stupid intentional walk, he should be fired on the spot.

Amazing how owners know so little about sports they do not get it when they have a head coach who is just killing them with stupid moves, but has a good won loss record based on team talent

OnWisconsin · Oct 23, 2009

well....looks like they won the game, so i'd say it's a moot point.

quantumleap · Oct 23, 2009

Mr. Smith said:
Did this retard actually issue an intentional walk with a one run lead with 2 out and no one on base in the 9th inning?

Gay-Rod has a 40% OBP meaning a 60% chance of retiring him to win the game. Retard Mikey gave the tying run first base. Considering his penchant for the sac bunt ( totally discredited by Bill James) which reared its ugly head here too and this well beyond amazingly stupid intentional walk, he should be fired on the spot.

Amazing how owners know so little about sports they do not get it when they have a head coach who is just killing them with stupid moves, but has a good won loss record based on team talent

Owners don't know much about coaching a baseball team so they let the coach do the coaching regardless. Then, the team talent gets a good w/l record and the coach looks good.

Kind of like board of directors don't know how to run a company so they get someone they know regardless of his/her talent in running a company. Oftentimes the CEO runs the company into the ground and we can laugh at the board who loses their money. Oftentimes the CEO looks good because of the people working for him/her and he/she gets a huge bonus for being an idiot.

OnWisconsin · Oct 23, 2009

lol....the angels are 2 wins away from the World Series.....i'm sure you guys could take over tomorrow and make it happen

Mr.Smith · Oct 23, 2009

If I owned the team, I'd fire him immediately after the Angels are eliminated. If they win the world series I'd still fire him. Complete fucking idiot. Nothing new really there with him, but that may well have been the single most idiotic move in managerial history.

OnWisconsin · Oct 23, 2009

blah. then next year my rangers win the west

Kev · Oct 23, 2009

A-Rod is hot. 7/18 with 5 BB. I wouldnt let their best player beat me either.

Rather take my chances with ANYBODY else in that lineup.

Especially Matsui vs. Fuentes.

Mr.Smith · Oct 23, 2009

could someone edit out probably from thread title? thanks

Boxer22 · Oct 23, 2009

Scioscia did the right thing imo. A-Rod already took Game 1 from the Halos with his game tying HR in the 11th and he has been the second hottest player in the post-season behind Ryan Howard. I thought his mistake tonight was taking out Lackey when he did.

red007 · Oct 23, 2009

mike would have done the same thing to bonds.
he is 1000x better manager than that chimp girardi

VIEJODINOSAUR · Oct 23, 2009

At least pitch to him and make it look better...

Santo · Oct 23, 2009

Scioscia is widely acknowledged as one of the better tacticians amongst baseball managers.

That said I do think walking A-Rod is a mistake, but the title of this post and suggestion he be fired is even more laughable.

niltes · Oct 23, 2009

seeing that he signed a 10 year extension a while back, i suspect
that he won't be fired soon.

steaktartar · Oct 23, 2009

his mistake is having that ashcan fuentes as his closer not walking arod

OccamsRazor · Oct 23, 2009

Mr. Smith said:
Did this retard actually issue an intentional walk with a one run lead with 2 out and no one on base in the 9th inning?

Gay-Rod has a 40% OBP meaning a 60% chance of retiring him to win the game. Retard Mikey gave the tying run first base. Considering his penchant for the sac bunt ( totally discredited by Bill James) which reared its ugly head here too and this well beyond amazingly stupid intentional walk, he should be fired on the spot.

Amazing how owners know so little about sports they do not get it when they have a head coach who is just killing them with stupid moves, but has a good won loss record based on team talent

Easy there Mr Smith don't be so harsh on a fellow gambler. Scioscia rolled the dice and won. Everything in life is a gamble. I hope you didn't lose too much on your Yankee bet.

@)

mamatried · Oct 23, 2009

You don't let ARod beat you or tie you. Period. And it's tough to pitch around him because he can jack a pitch that's out of the strike zone out of the ballpark.

The problem isn't ARod, its KRod (or lack thereof). Never should have let him get away.

eoghater · Oct 23, 2009

there was nothing wrong with that decision. Arod was hot and Mike felt he had a favorable lefty-lefty matchup with Matsui.

douglas · Oct 23, 2009

If a-rod goes yard you would / could have had the same post

terps1313 · Oct 23, 2009

mamatried said:
You don't let ARod beat you or tie you. Period. And it's tough to pitch around him because he can jack a pitch that's out of the strike zone out of the ballpark.

The problem isn't ARod, its KRod (or lack thereof). Never should have let him get away.

I keep hearing that, yet somehow Fuentes had better numbers then Spaz Rod this year

terps1313 · Oct 23, 2009

Boxer22 said:
Scioscia did the right thing imo. A-Rod already took Game 1 from the Halos with his game tying HR in the 11th and he has been the second hottest player in the post-season behind Ryan Howard. I thought his mistake tonight was taking out Lackey when he did.

Haha funny you casually throw in "second hottest hitter"... this has nothing to do with the thread, but felt I needed to comment... an obvious homer comment as Arod is easily the hottest hitter right now. He is doing things right now which when all is said and done, might be the greatest post season of all time.