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Tuesday night in Toronto, Joe Torre found yet another way to lose a game, as the Yanks fell to the Blue Jays 3-2. Andy Pettitte pitched brilliantly, but the combination of: errors, bad fielding decisions, quiet bats, and Joe Torre, led to a loss.


Let’s start with the bad managing in the 8th inning. Aside from taking out Andy Pettitte, and not letting him decide the game, Torre made stupid move #2 of the inning by bringing in Proctor. In a situation where the potential winning run is on 3rd base with 1 out, first thing you do as a manager is put in a STRIKEOUT pitcher (because a ground ball or fly ball will score the run). SO..instead of putting in Bruney (who averages over a a K per inning) or Mariano Rivera, he puts in Scott Proctor, who is NOT a strikout pitcher.
Now..on to stupid move #3 of the inning……. any manager in the history of baseball knows to Intentionally Walk the batter (Rios), so that it sets up a Double PLay possibility so that a run doesn’t score…. but Joe Torre pitches to Alex Rios, and he hits a sac fly.


The Yankees also did not help in the field, by making errors, letting a runner steal homeplate, and Alex Rodriguez not letting a bunt roll foul in the 8th. This has to be one of the most frustrating loses I’ve seen in a long time …and it’s time for someone to speak up. If I was Andy Pettitte, I would be highly pissed off at my team for not supporting him whatsoever.


GAME NOTES:
PETTITTE: 7.1 IP, 1 ER, 3 SO

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