Bill Plaschke of the LA Times wrote today that there should be NO talk of replacing Grady Little this offseason if we do not make the playoffs. For starters, if LA loses 2 of 3 to AZ this weekend and misses the playoffs, I'll bet you its Plaschke writing the Fire Grady article in October. He's such a hack sometimes. The Steve Hartman of print journalism.
Grady Little is not a great manager. He may be ok at keeping a team together and doing something with a whole lot of crap but he's not this baseball genius. He either leaves pitchers in too long, not long enough or makes other mistakes. Its not like after ANY win we're saying, "Damn, Grady really managed that game well and won it for us!"
Anyway this is of note now because he pulled Penny last weekend and cost us. He left in Loaiza too long this week and cost us. He almost left Wells in too long last night yet we got lucky. Now I hear on Tuesday in the thin air of Colorado, we're starting Wells in a doubleheader and then bringing him back on 3 days rest vs. AZ??????????????? Jake Peavy, the probable NL Cy Young got destroyed on 3 days rest and didn't have one of those starts in COL. Yet we're going to throw out a fat, 44 yr old with diabetes, after pitching in COL on 3 days rest in what could be the biggest series of the season? COME ON! Don't be stupid! If I had a bookie I'd wager 10k on this game if it happens.
Nice 2 of 3 vs. SD but if we don't sweep AZ, its not going to matter. CLUTCH UP!
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