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Originally Posted by One Red Seat
It's not going out of the way to find something to complain about. Disregard the result and think about it with a dash of baseball acumen. He elected to pitch to the team's hottest hitter in a tie game in the 9th inning on the road with a runner in scoring position and first base open with a light hitting groundball machine on deck. You IBB the hot hitter 100 times out of 100 there. Hell, when you consider how they are hitting right now, you even do it if Swisher was on deck, which tells you how my reaction would be to your hypothetical there at the end. Walking Crede was the move. Joe didn't make it.
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I'm just gonna back off now because this is getting ridiculous. I'm not arguing that walking Crede wasn't the best option, I even said that that was my initial thought, all I am saying is that I'm not going to crucify Joe and Joba for trying to be aggressive and go right after him. Honestly, I would expect nothing less from Joba, whether that be a good thing or a bad thing. Fact of the matter is he wasn't walked, he drove in the winning run, the game is over and the Yankees left Chicago after taking 2 of 3 from the WSox. They're in Cleveland right now, and that's where the focus should be. It's all hindsight now.