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Post by jbarron on Jun 21, 2008 21:48:15 GMT -5
This bum comes in to pitch the 9th and loses the game without even getting an out. Great job, a$$h*le!!
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Post by vega51 on Jun 22, 2008 10:23:20 GMT -5
Well, our only hope could had been the one that won the game (Wheeler) but the a$$h*le we had as GM screw us BIG TIME.
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Post by vega51 on Jun 22, 2008 10:45:31 GMT -5
Also, it shows how bad Cooper is. We've won 1 game out of the last 9 and we had our closer unavailable because he threw in the bullpen 4 days in a row?  ?/////////// |
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Post by iowafan on Jun 22, 2008 13:46:15 GMT -5
I agree, that was exactly my thought. What a moron. We need a manager, not a moron. How could you have your closer unavailable at that point. I am not saying that he would have closed the game, but he couldn't have done worse than Brocail.
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Post by sadoug on Jun 22, 2008 18:36:59 GMT -5
Brocail has been one of our better relievers this year...I cant see blameing Coop for bringing him in there......
For what it is worth...Valverdi lost a few of those 8 in a row...why not try Doug?
I am not defending Cooper...He amazes me in what he does, but in this case I think Casey Steingle would have done the same thing.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 23, 2008 18:21:15 GMT -5
I think Valverde could have pitched. Two days in a row for a closer isn't asking too much. I don't really have anything against Brocail, but I do think Valverde hadn't done enough to work himself out of the closer spot. Earlier in the year I thought he had. If you took out that early season stretch I bet he has a better ERA than Brocail. The handling of pitching isn't what bothers me the most about Cooper, it is his platooning and some of the other stupid moves related to pinch hitting. For Cooper nothing counts except left and right-handed batter matchups. And he misses some of them also. He is ridiculous.
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Post by sadoug on Jun 23, 2008 23:16:13 GMT -5
I never said Valverdi should have lost his job....far from it....what I said was at that point, why not try Brocail...he had been very dependable and Valverdi had been in 4 nights in a row I think
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Post by south on Jun 24, 2008 0:27:00 GMT -5
I don't have a problem with him bringing Brocail to start so much, but if you come in and load the bases without getting an out, goodbye to you and better luck next time. Brocail clearly didn't have it, and the batter at the plate is seemingly the best clutch hitter in the majors. I don't care who you bring in, but you've got to take the ball from him at that point if you want to win the game.
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Post by iowafan on Jun 24, 2008 8:19:22 GMT -5
I went back and checked and it was only his second night in a row. He may have pitched the night before that. Of course then he wouldn't have been available probably for the next night, but it my opinion you can't think about the next night because you can't tell what situation might arise that night ahead of time.
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Post by sadoug on Jun 24, 2008 8:43:09 GMT -5
South....you get no argument from me on that....agreed
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