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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
Pitching coaches can stay employed when their pitchers don't throw inside? I really don't understand the philosophy involved.Your supposed to get batters out,but do nothing to keep them from being comfortable at the plate. What a complete tragedy it is to just ignore one of your best ways to keep a batter off balance.They work so hard to change speeds,and types of pitches.To ignore the importance of keeping players off the plate? I just don't get it.If you watch the Dodgers,you would see a pitching staff that just ignores this.I don't think it is optional.It is a necessity.I saw PIERRE get brushed back off the plate.So some other teams still do it routinely.
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With the refusal to bench Nomar Garciaparra or move Juan Pierre down in the lineup and the mystifying move to send Chad Billingsley to the pen to begin the season, the Dodgers have probably thrown away more games because of bad personnel decisions than any team in baseball this year.