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I'm so excited for this game.

I have a brisket and chicken on my smoker. We're packing our RV to leave next week. We're towing it to the family compound outside of town tomorrow. After some final improvements hop in by the pool, drink a little beer, play a little pickleball, enjoying summer.

Every win is precious.

They should have walked him.

Remember when all we needed was Walker to be fired as coach?

Agreed.

YOU'RE QUESTIONING THE DECISION??

I'm not convinced messing with Moncada, again, is best. I agree if he's hurt he needs to be IL.

I'm not 100% behind second for him. I still think the best thing for the team is him regaining his form at third. But short term your plan makes a lot of sense.

I can. He's trying his hardest. At what, I'm not sure. But it's not he's trying hardest at baseball.

Are you certain it doesn't?

Thank you. Let me explain my reasoning. Managers are constantly making decisions. Are you against teams positioning players? Shifts? Steal? Hit and run? Pitch hitters? Pitch runners? Relief pitchers? I think the very role of a manager injects them into games and they have to embrace making those decisions. He's wrong about a lot of stuff but managers needing to make decisions isn't one of them.

Ben's article shows that the odds to win the game actually moved slightly in the Sox favor after the walk. It wasn't much but I found it surprising.

That would be worth watching.

Yep, just put the lineup out there and make them play. Pitch hitters, pulling pitchers, it's all about making the manager part of the game.

Sure, another ex Sox player hire, those have worked out so well in the past. I want the next guy from outside the organization.

From an article behind the paywall at The Athletic Turner is a career .222/.276/.343 hitter after the count reaches 1-2. Against left-handers in that situation, Turner is a .258/.310/.390. Since 2020, Turner is .373/.424/.644 against left-handed pitchers after reaching a 1-2 count. With Sousa’s season ERA up to 8.20, La Russa was looking for an escape route to a better matchup as soon as a wild pitch opened up first base. Hmm, this seems different than the hot takes we saw. Sorry Tony, I still would have given Cease a chance to pitch around him. If this was a rare misstep I'd even shrug it off, but you are hitting as bad as anyone in these situations.

There is a little bit of Jerry in everyone who has graced the banner.

I'm certain he's disappointed like most fans. Sheets could have been a huge plus to this lineup.

But you're ours. Who had June 9th in the pool?

I'm going to leave the door slightly open. We're assuming the front office follows the scout's recommendations.

The question was why wait for first base to be open? I said to create a force at any base. Your answer to why wait for first base to be open is because with two outs runners are going full gas right on contact. They don't have to hesitate etc. I'm not certain those are great reasons to walk someone when first base is open.

The question was why wait for first base to be open? The reason intentional walks usually happen is by filling first base you set up forces. Stepping on second or third is usually an easier out than throwing to first.