Why tf would Ausmus pinch hit Fletcher with La Stella?

[Inside Pitch]

I am enjoying this manager angst..    Next guy will evoke the same sort of reactions.   

[arch stanton]

10 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Fletcher rarely strikes out.  A hit and run scenario would have kept us  out of the double play.

And maybe LaStella is more likely to draw a walk against Gearrin which brings Trout to the plate with 2 runners on. You can ply this game all day long without knowing what Ausmus actually uses to make these choices

[Chuck]

The biggest brain fart of the night was not pinch hitting La Stella for Bourjos while the bases were loaded.

I don't think anyone can defend that one. La Stella has 8 walks and a HR early on vs. lefties. Bourjos is complete garbage at the plate.

[stormngt]

12 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

And maybe LaStella is more likely to draw a walk against Gearrin which brings Trout to the plate with 2 runners on. You can ply this game all day long without knowing what Ausmus actually uses to make these choices

Yes, everyone is a genius with hindsight.  Although I dont think its smart baseball to send a pitch hitter up there hoping to draw a walk.

[AngelsFaninGA]

I don't know why people are upset. It's pretty clear from the nihilistic, cynical approach that this team has no intention of competing or even fielding a marginally entertaining team for the next few years, and that the management is basically waving this in the fans' face

[AngelsLakersFan]

3 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

The biggest brain fart of the night was not pinch hitting La Stella for Bourjos while the bases were loaded.

I don't think anyone can defend that one. La Stella has 8 walks and a HR early on vs. lefties. Bourjos is complete garbage at the plate.

Ausmus said in the post game he did not consider the move because of the L/R matchup. Im not sure if he is over thinking or under thinking... We can defend his moves for days but if he is just going to base things on substitution position and batter pitcher handedness then we are going to see a lot more threads like this.

[Tank]

11 hours ago, Ray McKigney said:

It was a perplexing move. 

perplexing is a vastly underrated word.

thank you.

[Ray McKigney]

1 hour ago, Tank said:

perplexing is a vastly underrated word.

thank you.

You're welcome. I try to use big words whenever I want to come across as insightful. Also, I was trying to be sarcastic.

[Taylor]

LaStella now has the third highest OPS on the team.

[AngelsLakersFan]

27 minutes ago, Taylor said:

LaStella now has the third highest OPS on the team.

Damn, it's getting hard to keep track of what was dumb and what was retroactively genius.

[T.G.]

11 hours ago, stormngt said:

 I dont think its smart baseball to send a pitch hitter up there hoping to draw a walk.

"Pitch hitter" implies he doesn't walk... now a pinch hitter might.

[arch stanton]

Come on, man. Picking on stormngt's typos is shooting ducks in a barrel

[stormngt]

11 hours ago, True Grich said:

"Pitch hitter" implies he doesn't walk... now a pinch hitter might.

Did you read the entire conversation or just my post?

[Angelsfan1984]

10 hours ago, arch stanton said:

Come on, man. Picking on stormngt's typos is shooting ducks in a barrel

More like fishing with dynamite.

[Angelsfan1984]

18 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Did you read the entire conversation or just my post?

To be fair, nobody can really read your posts. Its like trying to decipher hieroglyphics in brail while drunk on 4 loko.

[T.G.]

There's an opportunity here, but MLB would have to make a bold move to capitalize.

Managers should have to be live on social media during games to answer questions like this.  That would really bring more fans into the game and broaden its appeal.  Interactive social media is the future of major league baseball.  It would improve the demographics for a younger audience. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I'm kidding.

 

 

And for the record... I hated him pinch hitting for Fletcher.