PM keeps running us out of innings

Why is no one talking about this? This is the third game in a row that PM has run us out of innings. It didn't hurt him in the past two, but today we lost, and while it certainly wasn't because of his decisions, the Snickeris hit and run call played a major roll in killing any momentum we had.

First, last weekend in the 8th against Oregon State, the PM called and insane hit and run/double steal with runners on 1st and second, one out, and 1 strike. Runner was thrown out, Hanover K'd on the next pitch, and any rally was squashed.

Yesterday again he called for a double steal on a 3-2 count to Moore down 1, in what turned into a strike-em out, throw-em out double play. Then today, Snickeris runs on a 3-2 count and is thrown out killing a major opportunity. This is getting out of hand. Outs are valuable, and continuing to give them away is killing us considering we don't get that many base runners to begin with. Hitting and running takes the bat out of the hitters hands, and when we do it with a base runner who isn't a base stealer, like Katz early, or Snickeris late, it kills us. The staying out of the double play argument make no sense, running just to prevent a dp is hindering the hitters ability to focus on hitting. If this philosophy worked, every team would run to stay out of a dp every time they get runners on base. Watch any other baseball game anywhere, they don't.

This post was long, but I needed to vent. Any one else have thoughts?