Comments on: Docket No. 56: In the Matter of Passive vs. Impotent

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:21:16 +0000

In Gaudin ‘s inning, he faced the 9-1-2 batters. So youz guyz would have brought in Mo for this and saved Gaudin for the 3-4-5 batters?

By: seamus

seamus — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 15:57:01 +0000

I would never have used Mo yesterday. What good would that do? No matter what you do, he isn’t likely to go two innings so you’re still going to need to use Gaudin or whoever is out there.

[6] it’s possible that the Yanks could score runs in the 15th. But there is no reason to know or believe they will. It’s a gamble, especially if you end up needing him today. WHich is particularly crucial if we’ve burned out our entire bullpen. I just think Girardi handled this correctly.

[7] I totally agree.

By: flycaster

flycaster — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:41:57 +0000

[3] Yes. Moreover, often lost in the frustration of a post-frustrating-loss rehash, is the fact that Girardi has to manage the 40-year-old Rivera in a way that gets him to August/September strong. If I’m Girardi, I do it the same way, 2nd guessers be damned. Mo doesn’t come in to a tie game on the road until late season in a game we can’t lose.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:24:19 +0000

[4] I think managers think the way OldYanksFan [3] is thinking. “Well, to win this game, I’m going to have to use Gaudin for an inning anyway, so I’ll use him now, because that way at least if he coughs up the game I won’t have wasted a Mo inning.”

The problem with this way of thinking is that it’s quite possible that the Yankees could score more than one run in the top of (in this case) the 15th, if they get that far. So even if Gaudin doesn’t get a shutout inning, you could still win the game.

The only hesitation I have is that Rivera’s record in tie games is not so great. SSS, so take it with a grain of salt, but who knows, it could be something psychological.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:10:10 +0000

Thanks for the in depth breakdown Diane. One question, what’s so curious about not asking Cervelli to bunt when there was already one out in the 14th? Do you think the Yanks should have wasted the 2nd out there? Or did you just have the feeling that Girardi was in a mega-bunting mode?

Unless the pitcher is batting, you almost never see a sacrifice bunt with one out.

By: Bruce Markusen

Bruce Markusen — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:07:46 +0000

I’ve never really understood this strategy. The manager is willing to put a pitcher like Gaudin in a tie game (with no margin for error), but he’s scared to death of having to use Gaudin in a save situation (when he has a little margin for error).
In a 14-inning game, Rivera needs to make an appearance, if only for a batter.

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:55:06 +0000

Since we were the visiting team, unless Mo could go 2 innings (which I don’ think Girardi would do), we were going to see Gaudin no matter what.

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 02:14:39 +0000

[1] Agreed. Why No Mo? Losing the game without using your best bullpen guy (by far!!!) is never acceptable. Never!!!

By: Evil Empire

Evil Empire — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:56:04 +0000

The game was over as soon as Gaudin walked to the mound. Is it a fucking crime to put Mo into a tie game?

I guess I can understand pitching Joba and Marte, and Robertson has started to look like his old self, and maybe Park (actually I was upset Park pitched too), but why couldn’t Mo run out there in the 14th?

Why don’t we just go get Snacks Ponson and get it over with?!