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9/19/2007 Milwaukee (Bush) at Houston (Gutirrez) 7:05 CDT

ELCABALLO45

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The reason we very well may lose tonight came down to Ned being Ned again, and that's why he really has to go.

 

If we finish in 2nd place, I fear that too many Yost supporters (a few of whom work in our front office, unfortunately) will see that our record improved, that we may very well finish with our first winning season in 15 years, and a possible attendance record after a rare playoff run, and say, "Well, Ned got us there! Give that man an extension!"

 

But we can't.

 

Because when the chips are down, and Ned needs to manage outside the box, and go against the Ned Playbook, he just can't seem to do it.

 

This is not a knee-jerk reaction. I made up my mind after that game against the Cubs, when he left Mench in there to end the game, because That's How Ned Does Things. Tonight, he brings in Turnbow, even though the higher-leverage situation screamed for CoCoCo. NOT because we were on the road, and therefore we had to use Derrick, and then Coco....blahblahblah.

 

Ned doesn't have the creativity, the willingness to react to changing new situations. And it's costing us a few key games. That, of course, and the 2 2nd-half collapses...

Well said. I try not to get emotional during a game like this one, but I really do now agree that DM needs to consider alternatives to Yost for next year.

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