re: Mainieri's bullpen tactics

I am convinced CPM has it mapped out in advance who he wants to pitch in a given inning with little regard to what is going on on the field. Poche was cruising at less than 100 pitches in a 2 hour game, but we have to have our closer in in the 9th. He did this several times this year as well as last year in the regionals. Why not wait for the 1st hint of trouble before pulling the pitcher? I can understand not wanting to burn out pitchers but we ended up using 5 1/2 hours of pitching instead of 2 hrs. At least we won the game.