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Guest

11:29

Buddy at the game texted me, Hendricks warming the Cubs pen

Eno Sarris

11:29

wut

can't be true

beta

11:29

Damn it Beowulf, keep drawing them towers on your Surface. You be you, buddy.

Eno Sarris

11:30

The fact that his name is Beowulf is the least surprising part of the whole thing.

Mittens

11:30

Even the Old Book of Management says don't use your best reliever here. I don't see how people are defending this move.

Bill

11:30

Cubs fan, not happy about about the decision to pitch chapman. love joe, but that was not rational

Homer Bailey

11:30

When risk aversion becomes folly.

Who_Is_Zorbist

11:31

9 warmup pitches, 5 pitches to Guyer. All unnecessary.

Matt

11:32

Just consider ... for the sake of considering:

Joe Maddon is managing the Cubs. The Cubs last won a World Series in 1908. The Cubs franchise have teams that have had epic meltdowns. They're "the Cubs" for that reason.

Now consider that he may have those thoughts in his mind. He is a person, after all, not a machine. He may have wanted to ensure that he gave himself the least chance of being the next in a line of historic meltdowns. And he'll live with Chapman at 20 pitches today, only to run out there tmrw. He is a closer, after all, he is used to throwing 20 pitches and then coming back out to throw again the next day.

Just consider all that ... for consideration's sake... thats all.

Dave Cameron

11:32

You just described risk aversion.

Risk aversion is not a good way to manage when you have to win two games in two days. Risk can be good!

Tyler

11:33

i really want the indians to score 6 runs, just for the humor in it

Matt

11:33

I know I did. But, it doesn't mean that the human element does not come into play, here.

Homer Bailey

11:33

Zobroastrianism - the worship of Ben Zobrist

Dave Cameron

11:33

Yeah, if your argument is that Maddon made a bad choice because he's human, okay. But that's different than saying it wasn't a bad choice.

bob

11:33

I don't my manger thinking about a team's history when he makes his decisions.

will

11:34

Dave, who do you favor tomorrow

Dave Cameron

11:34

Indians should be small favorites.

Cubs fan

11:34

Lolz

Zonk

11:34

Really dumb out at 2nd, down 6

Grork Mikkelton

11:34

Bad baserunning.

Eno Sarris

11:34

speaking of mistakes

Who_Is_Zorbist

11:34

DUMB!!!

Dave Cameron

11:34

Can we call that dumb?

Will anyone defend that?

Eno Sarris

11:34

TOOOOOOOTBLAN

Pij

11:34

Good throw tho

ChatzMcGee

11:35

Wow, that've been awesome if the score wasn't 9-3.

Mark

11:35

What the hell was that throw. That was incredible!

Phoenix2042

11:35

Heyward with a couple nice plays today

Sonny

11:35

When you haven't won since 1948 you stretch singles...

Eno Sarris

11:35

Put Heyward on the mound.

Zonk

11:35

Strop not that sharp, at least justifying why he's been unused this postseason

benny

11:36

Dave seems like the guy that can make you question your own existence when he gets heated

Phoenix2042

11:36

Aaron Hicks threw from the outfield 105mph one time. You think he could pitch?

Dave Cameron

11:36

The funny thing is I'm perfectly calm. I'm just not going to appeal to authority on stuff like this.

Eno Sarris

11:36

Christian Bethancourt is heading to the mound because he could throw 95 with a decent change.

Dave Cameron

11:36

I'm not angry, or upset, or emotional in any real way. I just think Maddon made the wrong call and I have no problem saying so.

Eric

11:36

OVERMANAGING

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