re: L. Landry in for Mahtook

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Helinihi was by far the weakest link last night. Since we're on the subject of struggling.

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+1
I can get on board with pinch hitting for him. He has 1 hit in Omaha and is a .270 hitter. Putting Hanover in for him would mean brining up a hitter who is hitting 50 pts higher. Pinch hitting for Mahtook is just a real head scratcher. But I guess it makes sense. It isn't like it paid off or anything.
It's also not like Mahtook was hitting .410 in the CWS going into that game.

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Pinch hitting for a .240 hitter (your 9 hole hitter)is not the same as pinch hitting for your 5 hole hitter who is hitting about 100 points higher than Nola

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It's not all about that idiot.

you pull Nola, and the whole defense gets switched.

you put DJ at SS, Hanover(OMG HE SUCKS AT DEF!!!!) at 2B, and a 5'8" Schimpf at 1B.

going into extra innings.


so dont give me that shite. Nola is just as important as Mahtook and he didnt hesitate to yank him.

those 2 breakin balls to helenihi and havover were really good pitches..designed to do exactly what they did was go in the dirt..he did what pitchers do..changes hitteres eye levels with fastballs up and then get them to chase a pitchers pitch

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to Lester's defense, Mahtook had a pretty terrible night before the clutch hit.

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Yeah. Every batter has a terrible night besides their hits. When a guy goes 2-5 he bats .400 and has a terrible night for 3 at bats.

The point is, people were drawing some ridiculous conclusions from amateur observations that were proven quite erroneous when Mikie ended up 2-6 (better than his season batting average) with an RBI.

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Had he produced at his previous 4 at-bats maybe we wouldn't have been in the situation requiring a comeback.

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Yes, it's true; had he batted 1.000 we would have been in better shape. That's also true of Dean, Schimpf, Todd Walker, Barry Bonds, Ted Williams and Babe Ruth.

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he had K'd 3 times and the hit he had was pure luck

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Both of them? Riiiiight. Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that he's a .326 hitter, meaning he usually gets about 2 hits for every 6 at bats . . . .

Lester knows baseball is a game of percentages. He's just not budging. Don't try.

tom emanski did fielding videos...not pitching..haha but good try

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a) he was cramping

b)he looked completely lost on 2 balls hit out to him. One he did like 2 360's before eventually catching the ball.

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The cramping was fixed. The ball he did the two 360s on was hit directly over his head, to the warning track in a swirling wind. AND he caught it. I'd love to see how you would've handled that ball Lester.

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thats the whole point. You could see he was questioning himself at that point.

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You've now said he was feeling the pressure and questioning himself at that point. And he responded by getting 2 hits(including the biggest hit for LSU this season). So let's hope he continues to feel the pressure and question himself. And let's hope that PM (who knows the players better than anyone on this board)continues to have confidence in his players and doesn't make the illogical, insane decisions that some on this board would like for him to make.

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who looked overwhelmed all game, in the field and at the plate

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Really? Because there was some guy that said:

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the game winning hit was a great AB. No denying that. Guy hung the curve and Mahtook blasted it

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Sounds like that guy didn't think Mikie looked "overwhelmed" all game at the plate.

Lester, the point is that you thought you saw something that plainly was NOT there. He was not overwhelmed because "overwhelmed" does not mean coming through with a clutch hit in a great at bat. He may have been nervous, or even frustrated, but overwhelmed means he did not overcome it (that's why it's called "OVERwhelmed"). Obviously he could and did overcome it, something Mainieri clearly recognized and you clearly did not. It's no big deal; all it means is that you were wrong and Mainieri was right. Admitting that proves nothing more than that you are a rational, emotional secure person with a healthy degree of maturity.