GDT 5/10 vs Red Sox Game 1

Pen kept us in it, but that's about to end. I won't complain about using him down 2 though. Braves couldn't score 2 runs late in the game with a ghost runner at 2b
 
Second bases loaded walk in this game pretty much seals our fate.

Cy's right--the Red Sox own us until proven otherwise.
 
Classic Snit.

Team fights back, and he uses the back end.

Off day yesterday, another one Thursday. What would be the point of saving your best guys if we tie andw alk off?
 
Frenchy, shut the F up. Everyone of the Red Sox relievers tonight had an era in the 2s or lower. That's what I get for getting excited listening to him talking about how their pen sucks... their pen doesn't suck near as much as your game prep
 
The Chosen One said:
Classic Snit.

Team fights back, and he uses the back end.

Off day yesterday, another one Thursday. What would be the point of saving your best guys if we tie andw alk off?
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It's not only about "saving" guys. Like raising children, you've got to give them enough space to screw up and grow from it.

He could've pulled Matzek and Thornberg at the first sign of trouble today, Wright too for that matter, and Boston might've scored less runs but all 3 pitchers would've been left feeling broken. "Just didn't have it today" is a phrase you don't want any players to buy into. Things can go good or bad in an instant. Snit let them stew in it and maybe hurt the team's chances to win this one game, but he also used the adversity of the moment to give them something positive to build on. Players, and especially young players, need as much on the job training as they can get.
 
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