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They brought back Phil Garner
What crap.
What stupid crap. I hope he goes down as a total tard. |
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They brought back Tony LaRussa
What crap.
What stupid crap. I hope he goes down as a total tard. |
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Re: They brought back Tony LaRussa
i saw this about an hour ago and i thought this would be the response here. haha. i mean, he did manage the team to its first world series...
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
Maybe we should get Jimy Williams back instead?
Garner is a great manager. |
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
and then in the world series, he made really big mistakes. many of them, including publicly denouncing his team during the WS.
f that. |
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
Sorry, but I feel that Garner simply called a spade a spade. It wasn't his fault the team can't get a simple base hit or even a freaking sacrifice fly when we need it. It's not his fault freaking Willy T couldn't even get a bat on the ball when even a groundout would tie the game. It's not his fault our supposed big-time hitter Ensberg strikes out when even a double-play gets the tying run home.
The team didn't execute, plain and simple. The White Sox didn't play well this series and the Stros had plenty of chances, but choked. |
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
He had chances to change that lineup, he didnt. He kept baggy in DHing and PHing when he couldnt hit the broadside of a barn. He takes out our only performing pitcher after only 100 pitches, and then puts in the guy who's given away two games.
These are awful mistakes. I guess we just had to reward him for the WS. He didnt do much to get us there, except keep people in when we were down and out in the beginning of the season. Why does he deserve this endless praise again? |
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
Garner is a great motivator, that is why he could rally that team back from the cellar. But I have to say that I think he made alot of poor decisions in the World Series. I pretty much blame Games 1 & 2 on him.
Here are mistakes I think he made: 1) Game 1 leaving Mike Lamb in the face Cotts with 1 & 3 and one out in the 8th when he could have brought in a better contact/speed guy like say Burke or Viz to face the lefty when then you could probably make a squeeze play or let Burke hit who has good enough speed to hopefully stay out of the DP. 2.) Game 1 leaving Bagwell in to face Jinks in the 8th with 1 & 3 and 2 outs when Bagwell clearly did not have the bat speed to handle Jinks, and he had shown that all through this season. Viz or Palmerio would have been a much better matchup for us. 3.) Game 3 letting Taveras hit with 1 & 3 with the winning run on 3rd, when again a strike out kills you and Taveras is known chase poor pitches, if you leave him in you have to squeeze I think. Either Safety or Suicide. But I think again Palemerio would have been a better matchup here. 4.) Leaving Ensberg in the 4 slot when he clearly had no clue at the plate. 5.) Bascially I felt like Garner let Guillen dictate pretty much every matchup in the series. |
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Re: They brought back Phil Garner
Yet Guillen throws gum out of his mouth, and a water bottle in the dugout b/c his players couldn't execute.
As a Houstonian, I'm THRILLED that Garner is back! Everyone else can suck it. Two seasons here he's led us to within 1 game of the WS in '04, and into the WS in '05. That is the best showing for any team in all of MLB over the last two years. But it would be nice to have an over-priced mannequin like Torre leading our troops. Or how 'bout Bobby Cox? Or Dusty Baker? LOLOLOL Yes, Tom Verducci knows how the players feel about Gar! HAHAHA. Ausmus loves Garner b/c Garner loves Ausmus. Garner has publicly said that Ausmus will be a manager some day and that he is going to try to help make that happen for him. No link. It was on local radio talk show, but still, that says a lot. GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK GARNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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