Big_Walleye
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Then only way you'll see those guys today is extra innings. It'll be Varland, Dominguez and Hoffman if all goes well. -
Bye Bye Gilbert.
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Vlad!!!!!
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Trey Bien!!!!
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This is 100% bang-on. Let's give the benefit of the doubt to the people who have helped provide us with this great playoff run. Rest assured though, next time something goes wrong the "fire John Schneider" people will be popping up like whack-a-mole rodents.😀
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What's "weak" is calling someone an imbecile when you don't like their argument.
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He lied!! He's either hiding the fact that Hoffman was hurt or not wanting to give the opposition any insight into his decision making or both. He's very careful about what he says to the media as well he should be.
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I guess if you only had one eye you could mistake Hoffman for Henke on the depth chart. Lol. On that subject does anyone else remember Henke blowing the save in a 2-1 game in the 92 world series? They came back to win with Mike Timlin closing it out but the point being is these guys are never perfect. Mariano Rivera was on the mound in 2001 when the Diamondbacks won. Stuff happens. It's baseball.
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How is this the "real issue"? Leverage relievers pitch 2 days in a row all the time. Even our "expert" broadcasters said they liked the decision to step on their throat in that game.
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He's "built for this"! This LCS thing is "old hat" for him now. He's ready to dominate like he did against the Yankees. Bring the bats boys! No mercy!!
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Do you honestly expect the manager to sit in front of the mic and tell the opposition what goes into their decision making? Now that would be stupid!!!
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It's exactly this narrow focus that I don't understand. There are plenty of reasons why that game was lost but everyone dwells on one decision. Dominguez had a chance to put out the fire but failed miserably, the offense had several chances to score but failed. It was a team effort.
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Exactly. They have more data than we (or the broadcasters) do.
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Dead wrong!
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If you squint hard enough or shrink sample sizes etc, you can nearly always find #'s that will end up on either side of a decision. The deciding factor Friday night was that John Schneider trusts his guys. He has faith in the people that got the team to this point. That's why players respond for him. Is this team even in this position without Little taking the ball in nearly half the games this season? And he made a lot of big league hitters look terrible along the way. People were mad about the loss, I get it. But when the reaction is to immediately come here and type "fire John Schneider" I tend to lose my mind. Our own broadcasters don't even stop and think before opening their mouth and spewing garbage. None of these people have access to the info that went into making this decision but they decide to be experts anyhow. Several people on the Sportsnet broadcast owe John an apology and I'll be very disappointed if I don't hear exactly that to begin the broadcast today.
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Have there been any opportunities to close a tight game late? Not that I recall.
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Again. He's trying not to give anything away.
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Here's what I think happened last night. I'm 100% sure that they would have used Hoffman against the top of the lineup last night had he been available. I don't recall seeing him doing anything but sitting on his chair, no stretching, nothing. He must have been feeling something. Schneider doesn't want to give the opposition any info so instead he takes the bullet in the chest. Dominguez struggles against lefties so they thought Little against Raleigh and Polanco right handed was the best option.
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Now there's some BS circulating about Little (or his family) receiving threats on social media. FFS people!!! It was bad enough when Yankees fans did that to Yesavage. Now Jays "fans" are doing it to their own team. I've always felt that it's wrong to throw teammates, colleagues or friends under the bus. There's plenty of reasons why that's not a good idea but at the top of the list is inciting people to do stupid things like this. Nobody feels worse than Brendon Little or John Schneider after what happened last night. Their teammates know that and the last thing they'll do is throw them under a greyhound. Good teammates pick each other up when they're down and every player on that team wants to do that tomorrow. If not they might as well not show up. If I was John Schneider or Brendon Little I would tell every one of Siddall, Joseph, Shipman and Pillar to pound sand next time they come looking for a quote.
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I have some info but its 2nd hand so I'm not willing to share just yet. Siddall absolutely ripped into Schneider last night when he had no facts whatsoever. He has no idea what caused the decisions that were made but he went off anyway. I prefer to give the people that have provided us with this great playoff run the benefit of the doubt.
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Isn't that exactly what all the critics are doing? Does anyone not with the team have the facts that went into last night's decision? The answer is no. Maybe Hoffman was down, he never got off his chair. Only the decision makers know for sure.
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Criticism is fine. It's what they do. But I heard (didn't see/hear it for myself I turned the channel) he said some things that clearly crossed the line last night. Still waiting to see video of it.
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You're right, they're not done. But they would be if JS threw people under the bus the way Siddall does.
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Joe Siddall should consider himself lucky if him and his big mouth still have a job come game time on Sunday. He's a moron afaic and it wouldn't bother me one bit if he got kicked to the curb.
