Originally Posted by
Snowball
This has always bothered me. It has happened so many times, literally
hundreds and hundreds of times so much that it's really making me sour
on baseball betting.
It goes like this...
The manager never seems to change pitchers at the right time.
He leaves the starter or middle reliever in the game when that
pitcher is obviously struggling to the point where he put the team
in jeopardy of losing the game. Then despite having replacements
warming up, he leaves the pitcher in there, who proceeds to cough up
the go-behind runs, and then the manager pulls the pitcher after he
gives up the runs that cost the team the game.
Well why not err on the side of caution and try to pull the pitcher BEFORE
he coughs up the runs when he's obviously struggling ? Why do they almost
always keep the pitcher in the game and lose ? They even go out to the mound
and talk to the guy then leave him in there, but 90% of the time they don't pull
him until he drops a big load on the field. It just angers me to see the managers
wait until the worst happens THEN pull the pitcher !! These guys are making millions
but they don't have the insight to pick the right time to make a pitching change.
It is infuriating.