August 29, 200322 yr I wouldn't be surprised if this has been posted already, and if it has, I apologize, but MB expressed EXACTLY what many of us rational people (i.e., those who haven't looked for tall buildings to leap off of) have been saying about yesterday's game and the decision to start Neal over Mark.... Cut and pasted from Chisox.com After the fact, Buehrle reacted diplomatically, stating that the same fate could have befallen him in the first inning. “I never pitched here either, so I could have had nerves going too,” said Buehrle, who wanted to pitch in the only American League park where he never worked. “But I think that a lot had to do with waiting until the day before and then saying (Cotts) is pitching. “They also waited to see if we won (Wednesday), maybe showing they don’t have as much confidence in him as he thought they did. I could have done the same thing (as Cotts), if not worse. “It’s a decision Jerry made,” Buehrle added. “It didn’t work out, and now we have to go into Detroit and take care of business.” --------------------------- Halle-friggin-lujah. Not only did Mark show some intelligence, he showed some leadership too. That's definitely a good thing to see, and hopefully his confidence (or at least the guise of confidence) in Neal is shared by the other 23 guys in the clubhouse. Cotts is going to need all the support he can get when he makes his next start (which could be at home against Boston ). Mark!
August 29, 200322 yr Good stuff and those were great comments from Buerhle. Thats basically how I see things. Players just need to bounce up around Cotts and cheer him up.
August 29, 200322 yr And who knows, maybe Jerry did this on purpose to Cotts. I would say it's pretty safe to say that Cotts probably won't have any nervousness pitching anywhere now. If Cotts pitched 5-6 innings and gave up 5 runs, we would be saying he did a pretty good job. And what actually happened was between him and Wright, they did that. We won the series and might have taught Cotts something that can only be taught by having him start in Yankee Stadium. Unfortunately, we lost a game, but maybe we will gain a quality pitcher or 2 out of it.
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