For the most part, I think Ned Yost’s been doing a good job. He’s not the Manager of the Year, but I’m certainly not on the Fire Ned Yost bandwagon. He’s adequate, and there aren’t any potential candidates out there who would be obviously better.

Over the course of a season, any number of decisions will go wrong. Relievers will blow leads. The offense will disappear. Fielders will make errors. It’s the nature of the game. Having a bad bullpen is not the same thing as bullpen mismanagement. The Brewers were killed this year by the quality of the pen, not the way it was used. You can’t pitch Cordero three innings every game.

But, but, but…

Why on earth do you throw at the leadoff man in the 8th inning of a must-win game, when you’re down 1? It’s not like Turnbow is a control pitcher who can handle baserunners, or anything.

LaRussa is a jackass; throwing at Hart for taking an extra base, and then throwing at Fielder for no reason at all, is bush league. You have to defend your team, but you don’t torpedo your own playoff hopes to do it. A little more professionalism, please.

Arrrrgh.

Update: I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Posted by Ben Brothers at 10:16 pm, 26 September 2007 and filed under Wisconsin News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.