587578696E7F68282B1A0 wrote: Here's a quote by the imbecile from the Trib:
While Shelton yanked him after four innings, Thompson was efficient, giving up no runs while striking out five, walking one and allowing three hits.
“Thompson was really good,” Shelton said. “We got exactly what we wanted out of him.”
https://triblive.com/sports/shaky-defen ... milwaukee/
Thompson pitched 5 innings 5 says ago and pitched another 5 innings 5 days before that. That's equivalent to a light workload in a 5-man rotation. But the imbecile only wanted to get exactly 4 innings from him in this game. Didn't matter that the BP was shorthanded. Didn't matter that Thompson was pitching very effectively. Didn't matter that the Pirates led 1-0 and could win the series. Didn't matter that the imbecile had decided to play without Castro, his hottest hitter and who saved the previous game by starting a great DP to end it.
The strategy was not to use the available pitchers in the most effective way to win the game. The strategy (perhaps suggested to Shelton by Obi-Wan Counsell using a Jedi mind trick) was to divide up the innings with Thompson restricted to 4 and the 2nd tier relivers pitching the rest of the game. The challenge for Shelton was not to win the game/series, but rather to account for 9 innings of pitching if necessary. Luckily for the imbecile, they lost and didn't have to pitch the 9th inning. Talk about good fortune! And on the subject of good fortune, how great is it that the imbecile will be returning next season to use his unique set of skills to help transform these young players into an effective, winning unit? Is that awesome or what!?
I remember reading about how the Penguins definitely tanked in an effort to get Mario. One game in particular, instead of sending in the penalty killing unit, he sent in all forwards. One of the players said " coach, what the hell are you doing.?" Shelton definitely brings back memories
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