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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Inside the (Vacuous) Mind of a World Series Manager
From a BP article by Joe Sheehan (bolding mine):
In the sixth inning, the Phillies chased James Shields from the game. They were still down 4-0, but had two on and two out as Dan Wheeler entered the game to face Pedro Feliz. With two outs and Wheeler having to face a hitter, it was the right time to us Matt Stairs, because the gap between Feliz and Stairs against a pitcher such as Wheeler, who has a significant platoon split, is large, and Stairs also is a real home-run threat. Asked about it after the game, Manuel said he didn’t consider the move. “Feliz has been getting some real big hits for us,” he said, “I thought he’d been swinging OK.”
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