re: Stop beating up on Coach Paul Mainieri

Cartwright never should have pitched. He wouldn't have if Manieri didn't go full retard and pull a dominating pitcher with 60-something pitches thrown. The big defense is that Bouman hadn't pitched deep all year, but that is a dumb argument at best, obtuse at worst. Is the claim that the rest between innings wore him down worse than the number of pitches thrown? Also, just because he hasn't pitched deep doesn't mean he is incapable. Hell, he may have had a complete game shutout in him, but we'll never know, because Manieri shite the bed. Hell, maybe he gives up 2 base hits to start the 7th, but you can pull him then. No need to ruin his best game of the year in the most crucial game of the year.

Then he sets a black cloud over the dugout with his piss-poor body language. It was an absolutely atrocious display of coaching that shouldn't happen at the high school level, much less the highest level of college ball. Defend him all you want, but I have serious doubts about his coaching ability based on that game alone.