"Olivo is calling SUCH a good game behind the plate that I can't afford to lose him for the last two innings, even to up our odds of pushing across an insurance run a bit."
But that wasn't the case. We needed the run. Our two best bullpenners are coming out and they're gonna throw tons of unhittable fastballs - it's the runs crossing the plate for us that matter.
And we chose to do nothing and go down meekly. Olivo hit a 30 foot dribbler that the pitcher mishandled and he STILL couldn't get on base.
I don't think Wedge is stupid, but I also don't think he put the Mariners in the best position to take advantage of this opportunity.
Whether he was weighting Olivo's state of mind more heavily, or Jaso's, or the captaincy, or the 32 flavors of ice cream he was planning on sampling after the game I dunno...
But the weight of that at-bat on this loss wasn't correctly accounted for.
~G
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