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"I don't care if he was trying to get Pujols upset or not, but he needs to play to freaking win the game"

well Hudson get on base...cant blame Larussa for that...and I guess he could pinch Pujols for Rowand...I kind of thought he was hoping Rowand would get walked and then he'd pinch Pujols with the bases loaded

but you know what wouldve happened:

he's pinch Pujols for whoever...Pujols would strike/line/fly out...Larussa gets blamed by entire National League for costing them WS homefield advantage...and gets accused of favoritism

7/11/2007 3:13:05 PM

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" I wouldn't complain too much considering the Mets offensive guys were pretty much the only NL players to show up last year and through 8 innings this year. (until the 9th inning Mets had scored the only runs for the NL the last 2 years)"

Griffey, first 2 rbi's of the game for the NL

7/11/2007 3:16:55 PM

Read any?

The Mets had scored the last 4 runs for the NL over 2 years before the 9th inning. Reyes was in scoring position 3 times and only scored 1 run...

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"he's pinch Pujols for whoever...Pujols would strike/line/fly out...Larussa gets blamed by entire National League for costing them WS homefield advantage...and gets accused of favoritism"

Why would anyone do that? Unless you're a complete moron you'd realize that Pujols is the most dangerous hitter in the NL and needed to be used. Just like Albert said, "Maybe he was saving me for next year."

[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 3:25 PM. Reason : x]

7/11/2007 3:23:20 PM

^^^ Letting Hudson hit was still a mistake regardless of the walk. He was lucky that K-Rod was throwing like Rickie Vaughn. O-Dog had no intention of swinging and had K-Rod been on, he would have failed away at those nasty sliders. Pujols should have been hitting for Hudson and without a doubt should have batted for Rowand. Fuck you Tony LaRussa.

Also I hope V-Mart's homerun fucks up Wagner like Pujols's bomb did to Lidge. I know it won't happen and that Wagner is always awesome in the 2nd half, but one can hope.



[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 5:22 PM. Reason : sd]

7/11/2007 5:22:04 PM