Prospectus Today: Where Was Coco? by Joe Sheehan

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Published 9/20/2007 by Adam J. Morris <info@lonestarball.com> at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... Joe Sheehan writes on how Ned Yost's refusal to use his closer in a non-save situation contributed to the Brew Crew's loss last night.   ...

Joe Sheehan is my homeboy
Published 9/21/2007 by Steve at Brewers! Brewers! Keep Turnin' Up the Heat!
... Posted by Steve I first want to throw out a disclaimer that I am aware the Brewers were shut down by Jeff Hellboy Bennett tonight in a game they needed to win with Tim Hudson and John Smoltz looming in the next games.   I m also aware that tonight the Brewers fell 1.5 games behind the Cubs and their playoff chances are now quite slim. I felt I had to say that before saying that I m giddy right now. Why s that?  Because Joe Sheehan of Baseball Freaking Prospectus devoted an entire column to Ned Yost s ineptitude in last night s game! That s right.  Ned was actually so bad that he caught the attention of a nationally renowned, critically acclaimed writer baseball writer who undoubtedly would have a thousand other things to write about. You have to admit that s hilarious. 0 Comments Filed under ...

LEV v LI
Published 9/21/2007 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
... . LEV is not LI, and no one should confuse the two, nor think that each has some advantage over the other.  They don’t.  LEV should not be used to discuss leverage of situations as Joe Sheehan is doing.  Ever. This was discussed in…

This Week's Links (9/17-9/21)
Published 9/21/2007 by Vegas Watch at Vegas Watch
... Joe Sheehan has a column about how Ned Yost managed his bullpen on Wednesday night, concluding: ...

BPro: Sheehan: Where Was Coco?
Published 9/21/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
BPro: Sheehan: Where Was Coco? Sheehan s jolly grimm look at Ned Yost s wild Cordero-less party. The more obvious option is throwing out all the tactical concerns and just using your best pitcher. Francisco Cordero is the Brewers closer, and by far their best right-handed reliever. He hadn’t pitched since Sunday in Cincinnati, and in fact, had made just two appearances, throwing 44 pitches total, since September 8. Yost had his best reliever available, fully rested, in a game that his team had to win to keep pace, with the middle of the opponent’s lineup coming up, with a clean double-switch opportunity available to him that would allow him to use Cordero for two innings…and he instead went to Matt Wise. Yeah, maybe Brewers fans are on to something. ...

Prospectus Hit List: AL Supremacy Edition by Marc Normandin
Published 9/22/2007 at Baseball Prospectus

giant implications
Published 9/27/2007 by lboros <info@vivaelbirdos.com> at Viva El Birdos: Front Page Posts
... nitiated back on monday night, when the cardinals beaned corey hart in a blowout. my guess is tlr saw his team checking out with a week to go and concocted an "insult" to get their heads back into what's left of the season. or maybe he found his own interest wavering; it's been a long time since he managed such a meaningless series. whatever the case, the cards provoked this particular fight, and then they escalated it last night by retaliating for a couple of brushbacks with a pitch in fielder's ribs. a savvier manager than yost would have waited until 2008 to take his revenge; the brewers still had a reasonable chance to win the game (win expectancy of about 27 percent at the time of the pujols plunking) and ought not to have been distracted by extracurriculars. insofar as the free baserunner touched off a 4-run rally that snuffed out the brewers' chances, the gamesmanship obviously backfired. it wasn't the dumbest move yost has made in this pennant race, but it adds to the ...

Brewers 'Yosted' Again
Published 9/27/2007 by Bruce Ciskie at FanHouse
... If that's not enough, his handling of the bullpen has come under fire, mainly because of his insistence that struggling Derrick Turnbow pitch the eighth inning when the Brewers lead, and that closer Francisco Cordero be saved for the ninth. This style of "formula managing" has put the Brewers in some tough spots, not many tougher than last Wednesday, when Yost used seven pitchers and failed to get his closer in the game. ...