| Re: Fire Ned Yost?
It's an automatic 1-game suspension for the manager when a hitter gets intentionally drilled with a pitch after both teams were warned. Yost knew this, and knew that he would have to sit out the next game, with only 3 more after that. Dont you think it's better for the team to have their manager than not have their manager, especially at such an important time of the season?
Not only that, but when he hit Pujols, it was the leadoff batter in the 8th inning of a 1-run game. St. Louis then went on to score four runs. Maybe they would have lost anyway, but who knows...maybe McClung throws a 1-2-3 inning and Milwaukee wins it in the 9th. A general rule of thumb is that putting the leadoff hitter on base in a 1-run game is a bad idea. |