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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Mismanagement of games on Saturday and Sunday cost the team the game tonight.
Hicks should not have been brought into the game on Saturday once they were trailing, and Norris should not have been brought into a game they were leading by five runs on Sunday. Had Matheny not made those moves, he could have used Norris for a second inning tonight or a combination of Hicks/Norris.
Then, compound that by putting the winning run on base when doubles are more likely than homers and leaving in an obviously ineffective Bowman and you have what you have.
I'm not going to blast Ozuna for not getting to a ball with a 4% catch probability, but he probably shouldn't have dived for it.
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I've been watching Cardinals baseball for 50 years. Other teams lacked talent and had worse records than where this teams W/L record will probably end up.
But, I absolutely hate the way this team plays the game. The mistakes I wouldn't tolerate from the little leaguers that I coached. That happen over and over again. The same ones. Nothing seems to be learned. The bullpen misuse has been an issue since day 1 from Meathead. Nothing has changed.
There is no business in America that would tolerate this ineptitude. Their customers would leave. I hope that the Matheny apologists, the team can do no wrong crowd revolt enough to get Dewitt attention. We are way past the point where any credible manager wouldn't make this team a better team. We should be able to attract a top talent but at this point, anyone would be better.