It just pisses me off to watch a pitcher come in with a 1 run deficit and walk the first batter he faces, a lefty in this case for Randolph. Then, Garner leaves him in despite having NOTHING and now it's 10-3.
Complete bullshit. Moehler is the long relief/spot starter. It was the 5th inning. And the final nail in the coffin, he has done a similar stunt several times this year.
the "talking out my arse" thing was meant to indicate a joke....but I figured you knew that.
I don't know anything about Randolph; I've never seen him pitch, just heard some promising things about what he has done recently. I agree: hate seeing the walk there, and I always hate seeing a pitcher left in for abuse. I can't comment too much on that, though, because many times I get riled only to hear a good explaination a day later. It was mentioned by some who have seen Randolph pitch that he isn't a lefty specialist, so maybe Phil was looking for someone to eat 1-2 innings while it was still close. Maybe he knows something about an upcoming starter that I don't and he wants to save Moehler for that spot start.
You are right, it wasn't mopup with 5 innings left in a close game. That was supposed to be the joke of my post.
