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I agree also. I never knew why they were taking Happ.

I believe Charlie was attempting to reward Happ for his key contributions down the stretch and also give him a little taste of big league playoff action. Of course, it would have been nice to get his feet wet with an inning in one of the games, but the scores did not dictate that. Happ was only going to be used in mop-up time anyway during the short series.

With a longer series it makes sense to replace Happ with Seanez. He is a vet who knows many of the Dodger hitters after having played with them. The only other scenerio I could think of is maybe keeping Happ, adding Seanez and dropping Taguchi and going with 12 pitchers. Taguchi is just taking up space anyway and if someone does get hurt I think you can make a move anyway. I guess we’ll find out by 10 am tomorrow, but one way or another Seanez should be active.

Not trying to jump down your throat tim but moyer didn’t pitch game 2

My take on the situation is that Charlie feels like Golson gives them NO CHANCE of getting a hit or moving baserunners… while Taguchi gives them a slight chance, and while he isn’t faster than Golson, he is still a good baserunner, and won’t be overwhelmed by the playoff intensity..

So I understand why they wouldn’t do it.. but sometimes a spark-plug is what your team needs.. I think they might be nervous about putting too much phaith in Golson after some of the mistakes Bourn made in key games for them before

Seanez is a former Dodger, I wonder if that helps him or hurts him. I agree that he’s a better option than Happ.
I’d prefer Golson’s speed over Taguchi’s right-handedness.

I think keeping Blanton out of “The Bank” allows him to pitch better. I think that’s what we saw in the first game and hopefully will continue to see in the NLCS. He’s a good #4 for these two series with the home field advantage.

What are Seanez numbers against Manny over his career? That would certainly play some part in who makes the roster? Although, I think Happ is the guy to bring along if you’re concerned about a rain delay. It’s probably partially dependent on the weather forecast for Thursday and Friday.

I forget who was batting.. but the 1st pitch was right at the knees..heart of the plate… and was called a ball… You could tell that Ruiz and Moyer both wanted it.. The next pitch was a breaking ball away.. clearly outside, but Ruiz was still fired-up from the 1st one…. so Dubee comes out, gets Ruiz to go to the mound..

They actaully show Moyers telling Ruiz to calm down, don’t worry about it…

Then they show a reply to show on PITCH-TRACK where the close-pitch was… instead of showing the borderline one that got everyone mad..TBS replay shows the 2nd pitch that was a foot off the plate, and the guys comment about how it wasn’t really that close…. a$$holes..

I thought Smoltz was pretty fair in his assesment of both teams…

And once I heard Tony Gwynn pick the Phillies over his son’s team, the Brewers.. it made me think that A) He really thinks the Phillies are legit (he picked the Rockies to beat us last year..)

or B) He’s picked them because if he picks right, he looks smart..but if he’s wrong, he’s happy anyway that his son’s team would advance

I kinda think that with Kruk.. if the Phillies win, he’ll be happy, and won’t care about being wrong.. if they lose.. well he picked the Dodgers so it gives him credability that way..

I really wouldn’t look too much into who the experts pick though.. cause the Cubs aren’t playing the Angels in the World Series this year, despite what all the experts knew!