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Probably and no. Discussion over.
Idk. Now that Ventura is gone that mantle of worst in game manager is available... You could easily make the point that the cubs beat the tribe in spite of Maddon's decision making.
Gets way too cute with his moves trying to look the genius. Montgomery is bouncing baseballs up to the plate against a bevy of right handers and his one move is to load the infield with extra players? Should have put one of those guys behind home plate as the second catcher. His post-season on-field moves have been well discussed and critiqued. His club management is brilliant. His top step moves are mostly mediocre and way over-managed.
What was with attendance last night?
Maddon certainly isn't in the top half of in-game managers, but as long as Dusty Baker is employed, the title for worst is pretty locked in.
Only on scoop would we be talking about Maddons decision making. Won the world series with one of the youngest teams. On a team that hasn't won one for 108 and we give him crap for starting out 4-2?The cubs are on pace to win 108 games. We're talking crap about his managing.
Nah, that's just outcome bias. Pretty much everyone was talking about Maddon's decision making in the immediate aftermath of games 6 and 7, and he didn't have great answers. This isn't giving him crap for the first six games of this season, its a body of work criticism. LaRussa, for example, was pretty much universally panned as an in-game overmanager, and he managed for 33 years and won 3 titles.
I know you're joking but this would be illegal. Catcher is the only player allowed to position himself in foul territory.
Only on scoop would we be talking about Maddons decision making. Won the world series with one of the youngest teams. On a team that hasn't won one for 108 and we give him crap for starting out 4-2?
Well, not much of that is true. For starters, his own players were questioning his management in the WS, so it isn't just on scoop.
You mean Chapman? He was trying to throw heat away from himself. Maddon made great moves in both games. Some people got upset he pitched Chapman so much in game 6 but it was an elimination game. You don't pull your best relief for pitching that has been absolutely shaky throughout the playoffs. And game 7? Hendricks was never going to go past 5. He was routinely pulled even when he was doing a solid job during the regular season. Lester and Ross were always going to come into the game. Some bad luck where a 55 foot pitch bounced off a catchers mask made it look like a bad move. And Alamora's pinch run? Best play in world series history.
As a Sox fan, I spend more time and effort for updates on Burdi, Moncada, Collins, Robert, Ohtani, and Beer than anything else. I'd be quite happy to land two of the three between Robert, Ohtani, Beer.
And Alamora's pinch run? Best play in world series history.
This is perfect cub fan nonsense.