05-16-2022, 03:06 PM
(05-05-2022, 06:38 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: You're actually serious.
OK
I'm also an Angels fan. I maaaaaaybe disagreed with Mike Scioscia three times in 19 years. I'll do that more than three times a game with Bell.
His only decent season was the shut down year when they went with the DH, thus eliminating his favorite tool to hang himself, the double switch. Without it this year, should help him, but he would replace a pitcher that was due to hit 2nd next inning and with the double switch, he's now due to bat in the 6th spot. Sometimes, he'll only use the pitcher for that inning and then have a replacement pitcher the following inning. So instead of just pinch hitting for the pitcher and keeping the pitcher in the 9 spot, all he did was remove a starter from the lineup and moved the pitcher's slot up three places in the order.
He doesn't know what to do and appears to have zero feel for the game because he's an analytics guy. He only does what the chart tells him he should do.
He's trying to turn the Reds into a version of himself. His dream is to have a team of utility players and his constant need to make a decision or a move just for the sake of making a move takes away at bats from regulars to "keep his bench players ready". It also led to the Reds being consistently the least prepared team going into extra innings because chances are that he has already emptied his bench. You shouldn't have starting pitchers as your only pinch hitters available in the 11th inning and he's done that several times.
He's about as clueless with handling a bullpen as Dusty Baker was when he was here. Colorado was his most recent **** up, ruining a kids impressive major league debut by bringing in a curve ball pitcher in a close game in a stadium where breaking balls don't break as much. After the game he stood by his decision and more or less blamed Art Warren for not coming through.
The team sucks now, so you think removing the manager won't result in more wins so what's the point? He should have never had the spot in the first place. I would have rather that they stuck with Riggleman and I wasn't a fan of him.
What has he done to keep the job? One .500 season with an embarrassing exit in an expanded playoff. Pass.
Replace Bell with who?
