re: Those of you who know baseball, MOT, Adam...is Javi the issue or no

I have not read the whole thread but I will add my $.02. PM played hunches more than probability. He refused to sacrifice batters in bunt situations. He cannot bat for the players but he can put them in a better situation to succeed. The batters were also overly aggressive in hitter counts and less patient early in the count.

The hitters continued to try and pull the outside pitch which either results in a ground ball short or weak pop fly......we saw plenty of that in 2 games.

There is a lot to be said about going 0-2 in 4 of the last 6 appearances in Omaha.