joeposnanski.com - 10/9/2007
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This is an ode to Eric Wedge. Monday night in New York, he did absolutely nothing that I, as a fan, agreed with. Nothing. He started Paul Byrd when I was sure he should have gone with C.C. Sabathia on short rest. He played Kelly Shoppach because he’s Paul Byrd’s personal catcher, which just seemed comical and absurd to me (I honestly thought you had to be like Steve Carlton or Bob Gibson to ...
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Posnanski: The Great Wedge …
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Posnanski: The Great Wedge … Often called the connoisseur s serving spoon of choice, the Wedge offers delivery at a divine incline for deeper penetration...into the playoffs. Wedge knows himself, and I have immense respect for that. Funny, I criticized him here on this blog for going with Byrd, and I was instant-message-ripping him when Borowski came into the game, but all along I KNEW Wedge was going to do those things, because that’s what he does. He trusts his guys. He trusts Byrd to get outs at Yankee Stadium when the statistics say no. He trusts Borowski to finish things off with his ballsy pitching and frightening lack of stuff. It’s a gift. Perfect example: Monday night, Wedge put all his faith in Paul Byrd, and Byrdy clawed and bluffed and survived for five good innings (I applaud Paul — good for him — though I will say the television announcers made him sound like he was Christy Matthewson meets Carl Hub ...
Poz on Managing
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... Joe Posnanski is back blogging, and he’s just absolutely absurdly good. Here’s today’s post, about last night’s Tribe-Yankees game. It’s a great explanation of the difference — and difference in importance — between managing in-game strategy and managing a baseball team. This is an issue I’ve tried to write about several times in the past, but as usual, Poz makes me ashamed to even try. ...
Baseball Today: Wednesday, October 10
Projo Sox Blog —
... , and just in time for the baseball playoffs. Since he grew up an Indians fan, he figures to be paying close attention to the ALCS. Already he's thrown some props to Eric Wedge for sticking to his guns after a controversial pitching decision, and -- in a post destined to make him a hero in Red Sox Nation -- ...
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