Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
walkrman5 wrote:
Have to say, this sounds like hindsight commentary. if Ventura pulled Sale and the bullpen gave it up...the story likely would have been he dominated 7 innings and only had 100 pitches. Just sayin'...
Yeah, but every 100 pitch effort isn't the same. If you were watching- and I assume Ventura was- you could see how much trouble Sale had putting away the last man in the seventh. And it wasn't like they were clinging to a lead. The pen should have been able to get 6 outs with a 5-0 lead.
I agree with Joe. There is a difference between taking a pitcher out after 100 pitchers if he was (no pun intended) sailing along and taking him because he is showing fatigue. However, Don Cooper should have said something to Ventura, suggesting they need to take him out. That's what the pitching coach is suppose to be watching for.
The Ventura hire made no sense to me, except as a power play for K.Williams. They need a real manager if they are serious about building a championship team. Sadly, I think they will likely keep going cheap or with former players.
You have to keep all management hire for the Sox and Bulls in the context of JR. He refuses to negotiate with agents for management positions (and only does it with players under protest). This leaves a pool of guys who have done nothing or who don't expect to do much in the future. Now, I am OK with guys getting their first managing jobs with the Sox but it certainly leaves it to chance whether you are getting somebody competent. This is even more true for a guy like Ventura who they plucked from nowhere in terms of baseball experience.
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