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Thursday, September 01, 2005SmoothSantana came within 2 outs of his second complete game shut out this season. I wish he would have been left in. That is not an argument against Scioscia's call to Frankie to pick up the save, but rather the fan boy wanting Santana to get another shut out. There were 9 total runs scored in the three games of this series...not what you would have gotten in the epic Angels-A's duels in 2002 or even last year. These teams are much more pitching dependent (and much more inexperienced) than they have been in some time and that reared its head this week. RICHARD: Well I'll go ahead and complain about Scioscia calling on Rodriguez. Though not because I had any particular desire to see Santana finish this one. Rather, as Chronicles showed a few weeks ago, pitching Frankie for three straight days is often a recipe for disaster. It's an especially bad idea after he'd thrown 45 pitches in those two previous games. I would have much prefered to see Shields in there. Comments:I actually hadn't paid any attention to the K-Rod usage...I am glad Richard brought it up. My non-complaint with using Frankie last night has more to do with the fact that the team won, therefore it was a correct decision. Dan Johnson did Frankie a real favor with that bunt-for-hit attempt on the first pitch. It turned out to be pretty easy for him to nail down the last two outs, getting help like that. He should definitely have a rest tonight, however. |
