Farnsworth didn't pitch yesterday. Proctor pitched two innings yesterday. Farnsworth is a better pitcher than Proctor. It's almost TOO simple. Could've also gone to Mariano if he really wanted to.
Well, first of all, I'd go with Mariano for 2. Second, if Proctor was gunna warm up, you mind as well have him start the inning since TJ Beam stinks. Or, you could go with Chacon, who also stinks, but is better than Beam.
I would have put Proctor in to start the inning. That was a fluke hit. Right back up the middle. But with runners in scoring position, that's instant RBI. You try not to use Mariano if you can avoid the two inning stints. He isn't built to do it too many times, and he's done it a few times this year already.
The funniest thing about this all is that Torre said on the pre-game that Proctor was not available to pitch tonight. Farnsworth had last night off, and Proctor pitched two innings... so who does Joe go to? It's really hysterical if you can get past all the pain knowing that this dumb fuck is the manager.
Well dwalsh posted on page 3 that Farnsworth is injured--I can't verify that one way or another because I'm neither watching nor listening to the game (I'm keeping an eye on it through the ESPN Gamecast and this thread.) If that's true though Torre's hands were tied. He tried to get some innings out of Beam (the guy who you were saying was just as good as Proctor about 2 pages ago) and when he failed he brought in his only reliable arm available from the pen. Maybe he should've gone with Rivera, but then he would've just been trashed for overworking Mo. BTW if Chacon can throw strikes out of the pen it could be huge for us.
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