re: How would you manage the last two baseball weekends?

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Depends on how the game is going. If we get a 4+ run lead I would use our middle of the pack bullpen arms and try to keep Herring and Little from being used up as much as possible for Sunday.

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No way with this. You play your best to win the game. We don't have room to get cute, and we don't have the bullpen to win a game 3. We've won only one all season.

You get game one, and if/when you get the lead in game 2, you then use the best available arms to close it out. Deal with game 3 as best you can, but if it's a series win you can afford to get wiped.

The postseason is set that way, too. In a regional, you go win game 1 and game 2, possibly get beat game 3, then face off against a midweek guy in game 4. In the super, you close out in 2.
Omaha is a rinse and repeat of the above, regional strategy first week, supers for the finals.