Thread: Bullpen Idiots
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Old 03-28-2017, 05:22 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by texasmame View Post
For instance, I get my setup guy up with 1 out in the 7th as I am pitching. The inning ends but I'm pretty sure I want him to start the 8th, so I leave him "up" while I bat in the bottom of the 7th. Normal half inning - no big rally or anything. Then, 8th inning comes around and. . . he's tired. I don't dare sit him down between innings, either, as he may get "cold." The system is just off - doesn't feel realistic. I mean, does this mean the dumbass kept throwing? C'mon, man.
Yeah, that's simply ridiculous. I don't think that happening in the game is defensible.
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