Games 122-123: Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants 3:7, 14:7
Let go right at it:
(1) I don't get the 'six innings from a starting pitcher' philosophy that we're seeing more and more often from Grady. While it's obvious that Brad Penny's pitch count in the last couple of outings has been high enough to pull him, why does Grady pull a pitcher like Greg Maddux out at about six innings, too? In the last two Maddux's games (including the second one of this current Giants series) , Greg threw about eighty pitches only and was still taken out of the game at about the sixth inning. Is there a Maddux endurance precaution in place that I might not be aware of?
(2) Was it really necessary to send James Loney down again, this time since Elmer Dessens was coming off the DL? I mean - to make room for Dessens? C'mon! Make it pitcher for pitcher and send Gio Carrara to Vegas. I know he's been steady for us, but comparing to Loney, he's on the career downward slope and past his prime. Why o why?
(3) I'm taking official bets on who finishes the season with a higher BA on the team: Nomar Garciaparra or Andre Ethier?
(4) How good did it feel to go ten up on the Giants in the *second* inning yesterday? :) And on a side note, as I did not see the game: why did Barry Bonds have to leave the game?
(1) I don't get the 'six innings from a starting pitcher' philosophy that we're seeing more and more often from Grady. While it's obvious that Brad Penny's pitch count in the last couple of outings has been high enough to pull him, why does Grady pull a pitcher like Greg Maddux out at about six innings, too? In the last two Maddux's games (including the second one of this current Giants series) , Greg threw about eighty pitches only and was still taken out of the game at about the sixth inning. Is there a Maddux endurance precaution in place that I might not be aware of?
(2) Was it really necessary to send James Loney down again, this time since Elmer Dessens was coming off the DL? I mean - to make room for Dessens? C'mon! Make it pitcher for pitcher and send Gio Carrara to Vegas. I know he's been steady for us, but comparing to Loney, he's on the career downward slope and past his prime. Why o why?
(3) I'm taking official bets on who finishes the season with a higher BA on the team: Nomar Garciaparra or Andre Ethier?
(4) How good did it feel to go ten up on the Giants in the *second* inning yesterday? :) And on a side note, as I did not see the game: why did Barry Bonds have to leave the game?
posted by Harry | 1:40 PM
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