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Excellent, excellent call here. The dagger in your favor, of course, was bringing in Jose "Going Through The Motions When Not In A Save Opportunity" Valverde, WHO ALWAYS GIVES UP RUNS in these kinds of situations (As a lot of closers do). It's laughable when managers ignore this obvious and common-sensical characteristic of emotional closers - it's HUMAN NATURE and just continues to happen repeatedly. Screw "getting them work in" when the "work" usually ends up being counter-productive and hurts their confidence.
But yeah, great call with Verlander. I anticipated something similar, as I wrote about in my article how the eight days off would completely throw him off his routine and leave him in a state of being too content. When that happens, human nature kicks and you just lose that edge that propels you to the top. Obviously tonight, that's what happened to Verlander and nothing more.
But yeah, great call with Verlander. I anticipated something similar, as I wrote about in my article how the eight days off would completely throw him off his routine and leave him in a state of being too content. When that happens, human nature kicks and you just lose that edge that propels you to the top. Obviously tonight, that's what happened to Verlander and nothing more.
