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For all the couch-coaches who say we should not have pitched to Mendoza ...
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:13 pm
As usual, the ranters know about 2% of actual baseball knowledge and rant about Mainieri without even checking the #s.
The guy after him, Martin has a better batting average. In fact Martin at .338 is their best hitter for average. Mendoza at .318 is third. Power makes no difference here - any base hit ends the game. Average mattered here.
Mendoza is a swing for the fence or swing and miss guy. He slugs, but is actually an easier out than Martin
Mendoza has 68 strikeouts in 208 at bats. Martin has 51 in 201. You have a pitcher throwing strike-out pitches.
The right choice is to pitch to Mendoza.
All you couch-coaches hear the announcers say Mendoza is "their best hitter" and you rely on that without even looking at the facts.
I'm not agreeing with every call Mainieri made (LHPs, Hal Hughes, etc.), but that one was correct given the situation at the time.
The guy after him, Martin has a better batting average. In fact Martin at .338 is their best hitter for average. Mendoza at .318 is third. Power makes no difference here - any base hit ends the game. Average mattered here.
Mendoza is a swing for the fence or swing and miss guy. He slugs, but is actually an easier out than Martin
Mendoza has 68 strikeouts in 208 at bats. Martin has 51 in 201. You have a pitcher throwing strike-out pitches.
The right choice is to pitch to Mendoza.
All you couch-coaches hear the announcers say Mendoza is "their best hitter" and you rely on that without even looking at the facts.
I'm not agreeing with every call Mainieri made (LHPs, Hal Hughes, etc.), but that one was correct given the situation at the time.
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Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:15 pm to Buda
Is Martin righty or lefty
Who has been better this post season
Who has been better this post season
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:15 pm to Buda
Agree. Fontenot was pitching his arse off...no point in walking Mendoza just to get to the guy behind him. It’s not like Martin was batting .180.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:15 pm to Buda
Yes, you know better than everyone else and the TV announcer who played pro ball. 
GFY.
GFY.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:16 pm to Buda
I'm pissed at another sorry-hitting LSU team, that's my soap box for this super region; but I don't like your post either, so shut the f*ck up.
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:16 pm to Buda
Martin batting 250 in the postseason. Mendoza over 400. We can do this all night. It was a bad decision.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:16 pm to Buda
The right choice is not letting their best guy beat you when his run means nothing.
Wth are you on about?
Even if the other guy has a higher average, you put the defense in better position by having a force at any base. If for nothing else I walk him with two outs to set my defense up much better.
Wth are you on about?
Even if the other guy has a higher average, you put the defense in better position by having a force at any base. If for nothing else I walk him with two outs to set my defense up much better.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:16 pm to Buda
So your strategy would have lost the game too. Congratulations
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:16 pm to Buda
Guy got a hit which won the game. It was the wrong decision.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm to Buda
quote:
Martin at .338 is their best hitter for average. Mendoza at .318
Give me .20 to have a force at 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm to Buda
OK, then why pitch to him with Devin?
Kid had already gone at least 1 inning too long.
Kid had already gone at least 1 inning too long.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm to Buda
Walk both. Trust your catcher to catch the ball.
Done.
Done.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:17 pm to Buda
quote:
The guy after him, Martin has a better batting average. In fact Martin at .338 is their best hitter for average. Mendoza at .318 is third. Power makes no difference here - any base hit ends the game. Average mattered here.
Context matters you dolt.
Mendoza in conference -.304
Martin? .280
BuT MartIn iS thE beTTer hiTtEr
quote:
All you couch-coaches hear the announcers say Mendoza is "their best hitter" and you rely on that without even looking at the facts.
This is ironic as hell OP.
This post was edited on 6/9/19 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 pm to Buda
Martin was 0-4. I take my chances with him and not Mendoza
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 pm to lsu711
quote:
Give me .20 to have a force at 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Bingo we have a winner.
Buda you wrong on this one
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 pm to slackster
quote:
Context matters you dolt.
Mendoza in conference -.304
Martin? .280
Mendoza will be standing in the box in MLB game writhing 3 years. The other guy will not.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 pm to Buda
Enjoy your upvote
You take your chances with the 3 outcome guy with a 24.1 K %
You take your chances with the 3 outcome guy with a 24.1 K %
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:18 pm to sumbodyorsum1
quote:
The right choice is not letting their best guy beat you when his run means nothing.
THIS
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:19 pm to lsu711
shite, walk em both of you have to. You needed one out.
Of course this is assuming Garza catches the freaking ball.
Of course this is assuming Garza catches the freaking ball.
Posted on 6/9/19 at 10:19 pm to Buda
You play for the out. Walk him and see what happens. You are wrong and so was CPM. However our mistakes got us there. We just werent cws material this year.
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