Brad has caught Lidge in every appearence... even the days where Munson started (Ausmus came in for the save). I know the pitchers are making crappy pitches... but its the catcher's job to settle the guys down, put them at ease, and help them re-gain control of this game. Everything was thrown off once Munson came in...
I dont care if Phil wants more than one lefty out of the pen,I want Miller gone! We let him go before we can do it again.
Do you really think Munson is all the problem here? Wandy has looked just fine when paired with Munson. Trever Miller has sucked this year regardless, and Astacio has always been home run prone. I'm honestly more concerned about losing Nieve in the bullpen than how he is going to replace Backe in the rotation. Gimenez is more or less the polar opposite to Munson; he handles pitchers well but has no stick. PS, Major - Munson is a "non catcher" since pretty much always before this year.
The only bright-side about this game is that if we do lose... Garner will never ever ever manage a game like this again. He tried to be cute... but with an off-day on Thursday, its not that vital to get guys like Lance, Willy, and Ausmus all the rest possible. Also, the Brewers probably saw that and got a little peeved at the lack of respect. Now, Lidge is in... this is it... no more moves to screw up now, because there's nobody left.
I don't think its all Munson... I think all the moves itself were dumb, and putting Munson in was part of the many moves made. Also, we were putting our catcher at first base... our second-baseman at center field... we're basically telling the Brewers that we own you, and we can do whatever we want out here... they got pissed.
Wow ... Lidge has pitched the last two nights and he's gonna have a long save tonight. Hopefully he can do the job quickly
Garner does this way too often and it is bound to bite them in the ass. It's April for Christ's sake!
This might be a big game for Lidge. He gets some extra work in, in the game, and a long save outing should boost his confidence big time. I think he should have a big turn around and revert back to "Lights out Lidge" if he converts here.
I'm not sure this is a good thing. Every manager and every team takes their key players out when up by 8-10 runs in the late innings, as they should. I hope he doesn't change that - it's a great time to get people like Burke and Munson extra at-bats and keep them fresh. Those guys will be critical down the road and need to face live pitching as much as possible. In my opinion, if you lose a 9 run lead with 3 innings to go, you chalk it up to being a pure fluke and move on and keep doing what you've done in the past.
Yeah I agree, Garner got waaaay too cute. Hopefully Lidge can keep him from paying too high a price for his mistake.
When is the last time he did this (whatever "this" is) and when is the last time it cost us anything?
