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from: TERRY MAY
date: 1996-10-24 13:00:00
subject: Monday-morning Managers

Someone help me out here.  I'm listening to sports radio and a lot of people 
are ripping Bobby Cox for bringing in Wohlers in the 8th inning instead of 
Brad Clontz.
What am I missing here?  Does anyone dispute the notion that Wohlers is by 
far the Braves' best reliever?  If not, then how can you blame the manager 
for bringing in your best reliever, when that best reliever fails to do the 
job?
If the Braves win that game, the series is virtually over.  So you bring in 
the guy with the 0.00 postseason ERA and five postseason saves to slam the 
door and get the final six outs.  He fails, so the manager screwed up for 
bringing him in?
I could somewhat understand criticism if he would have blown the lead in the 
9th.  Then you could say he ran out of gas and shouldn't have pitched two 
innings.  But how can you justify blaming the manager when he blows the lead 
in the first inning he pitches?
I just don't get it.
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