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Originally Posted by mikev
Not really.
He was moving, and Gaudin turned and threw to 1st instead of doing the SMART thing and stepping off the bag and having Bonds dead to rights.
Johnson double clutched taking the ball out of his glove and was late making the throw to 2nd.
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And Crosby wasn't covering the base.
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Originally Posted by mikev
dola,
This game is such proof of why Macha is a horrible, horrible manager.
a) Bringing in Gaudin and Sauerbeck in a tie game in the 8th
b) Not pinch hitting for (righty, 4 hits all year) Perez with (lefty, has some pop) Melhuse to lead off the 9th down by a run. OMGZ!11! you might need yer backup catcher if you happen to score and then go 18 innings!!11!shift1!!
c) Not pitching Calero to start the 8th (see: a)
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The amazing thing is that an article on the A's site posted yesterday during the game (I think) said that Macha didn't want to use Duke and Calero on the same day until they both were back in their normal form.
Why did Duke only get to throw 6 pitches?