You are the manager (1 Viewer)

[Raider Nation]

It's mid-August, and you are in playoff contention. Not leading your division... just right in the thick of things with several other teams. A player on your team has a 47-game hit streak going. You took the opportunity to use this "day game after a night game" to give him a well-deserved rest.

It's the bottom of the 9th, and your team is trailing 4-3. You have the bases loaded with your worst hitter due up. You have a few different pinch-hitting options on the bench, including the player who is only ten games away from breaking Joe DiMaggio's hallowed record. He is clearly the best hitter out of all the players on the bench, and he gives you the best chance to win.

Do you send him up?

 

[Capella]

of course.

 

[Raider Nation]

of course.

Would the manager be compelled to at least ask the player if he wants to go up there?Just wondering.

 

[Capella]

of course.

Would the manager be compelled to at least ask the player if he wants to go up there?Just wondering.

he's being paid to win games, not set records.I imagine the manager just wouldn't give him a day off like that. Wait till a day he gets an early hit and then hit the pine.

 

[pigskin pimp]

It's mid-August, and you are in playoff contention. Not leading your division... just right in the thick of things with several other teams. A player on your team has a 47-game hit streak going. You took the opportunity to use this "day game after a night game" to give him a well-deserved rest.

It's the bottom of the 9th, and your team is trailing 4-3. You have the bases loaded with your worst hitter due up. You have a few different pinch-hitting options on the bench, including the player who is only ten games away from breaking Joe DiMaggio's hallowed record. He is clearly the best hitter out of all the players on the bench, and he gives you the best chance to win.

Do you send him up?

The answer is no. Other than maybe a Bobby Cox or a Jim Leyland, I can't envision any ML manager having enough gruff to send the guy up there.Baseball is the only sport that cherishes individual records. It's almost bigger than the game when these players go for individual records. Heck, even remember Tom Kelly (who was as gruff as they come) sitting some scrub named Allan Anderson for the Twins on the last day in 1988, so he could capture the AL ERA crown.

The players know. The managers know.

There is no #######g way the manager sends up the player with one AB to end or extend the hit streak.

If the game was so dang important, the player who has hit in 47 games would be in the lineup.

 

[Raider Nation]

of course.

Would the manager be compelled to at least ask the player if he wants to go up there?Just wondering.

he's being paid to win games, not set records.

Would your answer change if the team in question is 20 games out of first?

 

[Raider Nation]

It's mid-August, and you are in playoff contention. Not leading your division... just right in the thick of things with several other teams. A player on your team has a 47-game hit streak going. You took the opportunity to use this "day game after a night game" to give him a well-deserved rest.

It's the bottom of the 9th, and your team is trailing 4-3. You have the bases loaded with your worst hitter due up. You have a few different pinch-hitting options on the bench, including the player who is only ten games away from breaking Joe DiMaggio's hallowed record. He is clearly the best hitter out of all the players on the bench, and he gives you the best chance to win.

Do you send him up?

The answer is no. Other than maybe a Bobby Cox or a Jim Leyland, I can't envision any ML manager having enough gruff to send the guy up there.Baseball is the only sport that cherishes individual records. It's almost bigger than the game when these players go for individual records. Heck, even remember Tom Kelly (who was as gruff as they come) sitting some scrub named Allan Anderson for the Twins on the last day in 1988, so he could capture the AL ERA crown.

The players know. The managers know.

There is no #######g way the manager sends up the player with one AB to end or extend the hit streak.

This is also where I come down, but I guess we are in the minority.

 

[guru_007]

Who's on the mound? Am I the home team or the away team? What are my other options on the bench?

 

[fred_1_15301]

It's mid-August, and you are in playoff contention. Not leading your division... just right in the thick of things with several other teams. A player on your team has a 47-game hit streak going. You took the opportunity to use this "day game after a night game" to give him a well-deserved rest.

It's the bottom of the 9th, and your team is trailing 4-3. You have the bases loaded with your worst hitter due up. You have a few different pinch-hitting options on the bench, including the player who is only ten games away from breaking Joe DiMaggio's hallowed record. He is clearly the best hitter out of all the players on the bench, and he gives you the best chance to win.

Do you send him up?

The answer is no. Other than maybe a Bobby Cox or a Jim Leyland, I can't envision any ML manager having enough gruff to send the guy up there.Baseball is the only sport that cherishes individual records. It's almost bigger than the game when these players go for individual records. Heck, even remember Tom Kelly (who was as gruff as they come) sitting some scrub named Allan Anderson for the Twins on the last day in 1988, so he could capture the AL ERA crown.

The players know. The managers know.

There is no #######g way the manager sends up the player with one AB to end or extend the hit streak.

If the game was so dang important, the player who has hit in 47 games would be in the lineup.

I agree with this guy.....

 

[dparker713]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!? Phil Garner? If I were the manager he'd never have gotten the rest day. We're in the penant chase and he's obviously hot and one of my best players. That said, if the pansy had demanded the day off, I'd tell him to get his butt up there to PH. My job is dependent on winning and making the playoffs, not him breaking a record.

 

[redman]

I would answer "maybe". Your information is incomplete. The bottom line, though, is that if he's the best matchup I have, then I'm putting him up to bat. And no, I don't ask him.

 

[Raider Nation]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!?

That's a variable which is of no consequence to the question. Let's say he's a little dinged up, and the manager has been meaning to get him some rest for awhile now. The day game after the night game is a good opportunity.Happy now?

 

[Raider Nation]

I would answer "maybe". Your information is incomplete.

What information did I omit which would have made answering easier for you?Serious question.

 

[fred_1_15301]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!?

That's a variable which is of no consequence to the question. Let's say he's a little dinged up, and the manager has been meaning to get him some rest for awhile now. The day game after the night game is a good opportunity.Happy now?

So he's not at 100% then? Then I definitely don't bring him in

 

[redman]

I would answer "maybe". Your information is incomplete.

What information did I omit which would have made answering easier for you?Serious question.

I covered it in the rest of my prior post, albeit briefly. Is this guy the best potential PH based upon matchups, or is there some backup OF who's hitting .770 lifetime against the pitcher or something?

 

[dparker713]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!?

That's a variable which is of no consequence to the question. Let's say he's a little dinged up, and the manager has been meaning to get him some rest for awhile now. The day game after the night game is a good opportunity.Happy now?

Not entirely. Over the course of a 162 games people are rarely 100%. If he's really injured, he sits. Im not going to risk him for the rest of the season for 1 AB. If he's just got normal dings, he's in the lineup. About the only way for me to image getting in this situation is as the bench coach after a dingbat manager got tossed. In that case, if he's clearly my best option, he bats. (Im guessing you meant to say there are 2 outs by the way)ETA - side note, does he need to record an offical AB to count against his streak? Or would it continue with a walk or sacrifice?

 

[redman]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!?

That's a variable which is of no consequence to the question. Let's say he's a little dinged up, and the manager has been meaning to get him some rest for awhile now. The day game after the night game is a good opportunity.Happy now?

Not entirely. Over the course of a 162 games people are rarely 100%. If he's really injured, he sits. Im not going to risk him for the rest of the season for 1 AB. If he's just got normal dings, he's in the lineup. About the only way for me to image getting in this situation is as the bench coach after a dingbat manager got tossed. In that case, if he's clearly my best option, he bats. (Im guessing you meant to say there are 2 outs by the way)ETA - side note, does he need to record an offical AB to count against his streak? Or would it continue with a walk or sacrifice?

It's not a consecutive at bats or plate appearances streak, it's a consecutive games streak. If he's in the lineup, it counts.

 

[dparker713]

What manager sits a player with a 47 game hit streak?!?

That's a variable which is of no consequence to the question. Let's say he's a little dinged up, and the manager has been meaning to get him some rest for awhile now. The day game after the night game is a good opportunity.Happy now?

Not entirely. Over the course of a 162 games people are rarely 100%. If he's really injured, he sits. Im not going to risk him for the rest of the season for 1 AB. If he's just got normal dings, he's in the lineup. About the only way for me to image getting in this situation is as the bench coach after a dingbat manager got tossed. In that case, if he's clearly my best option, he bats. (Im guessing you meant to say there are 2 outs by the way)ETA - side note, does he need to record an offical AB to count against his streak? Or would it continue with a walk or sacrifice?

It's not a consecutive at bats or plate appearances streak, it's a consecutive games streak. If he's in the lineup, it counts.

Doesn't change my opinion, but good to know.