Comments on: R’s: Gut Punch http://www.thebrannanblog.net/?p=1851 I Blog, You Read Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Billy http://www.thebrannanblog.net/?p=1851&cpage=1#comment-19 Billy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:34:36 +0000 http://www.thebrannanblog.net/?p=1851#comment-19 <p>I was yelling at the TV thinking the same thing. I hate the old school thinking that you cannot bring in your closer until the 9th inning. </p> <p>The Royals had one out in the 8th, with runners at the corners, and still had a 2 run lead. Why not bring in Soria then to try to get you out of the inning? </p> <p>Even if his fragile arm cannot throw more than three outs, we could have brought someone else in to pitch the 9th and still have a chance to win. Instead our all-star closer never got out of the bullpen. </p> <p>This team has to stop giving away games where they have 8th inning leads if they want to contend.</p> I was yelling at the TV thinking the same thing. I hate the old school thinking that you cannot bring in your closer until the 9th inning.

The Royals had one out in the 8th, with runners at the corners, and still had a 2 run lead. Why not bring in Soria then to try to get you out of the inning?

Even if his fragile arm cannot throw more than three outs, we could have brought someone else in to pitch the 9th and still have a chance to win. Instead our all-star closer never got out of the bullpen.

This team has to stop giving away games where they have 8th inning leads if they want to contend.

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