Anybody else think Mike Scoscia just cost himself his job?

[Ken Burch]

Sorry for the sports digression, but I can't be the only one watching the AL playoff.

Scoscia pulled his starter in the seventh even though the guy had just retired Damon and was one out away from getting out of it. Now the Yankees have scored six runs and the Angels are probably doomed. Any chance the Angel front office WON'T can the guy for this?

This may be THE bonehead baseball move of the year.

[Brickbat]

1. No, he just got the phone call reminding him that the Yankees are supposed to win.

The check is in the mail.

[Ken Burch]

3. Well, that would be a great set-up for "Eight Men Out II".

n/t.

[Barack_America]

2. Wow.

[virgogal]

4. Yep. It just gave me a "Grady Little" headache. So long,Mike.

[flvegan]

5. Didn't Lackey walk a guy (bad call), lose his cool with the ump, then walk the next guy?

And this was after 5 2/3 innings, I think. I wasn't paying close attention, but after that bit I'm not that shocked. I probably wouldn't have, but still.

[Mojambo]

6. Nah. It's a tough call.

Lackey was at 104 pitches with the meat of the order coming up.

I wouldn't have pulled him, but it's not like he yanked a fresh pitcher in a weird spot.

Scoscia consistently gets great production out of his players. That organization is better for having him in it.

One potentially marginal decision shouldn't cost him his job.

[Ken Burch]

7. Clearly, the Angels aren't going to come back from this

Nobody gets hammered this bad this late in a game and then rallies.

The OC is gonna be baying for Scoscia's blood tomorrow. SC area sports talk radio will probably need a seven MINUTE delay on the callers.

[gratuitous]

9. Yeah, they're cooked

Oops, maybe not.

[Ken Burch]

11. OK..,for the moment, they recovered

Hope it holds up.

God I hope the Yankees don't win. The team represents baseball Reaganism at its worst.

[gratuitous]

10. And the hits just keep on comin'

We'll see now if the Yankmes have what it takes to come back again.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. He was just going by "The Book"

Just like almost every manager in the game these days. The exact same thing Girardi did when he pulled Robertson in game three.

[tekisui]

17. The book will change again.

Someday.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. Anyone check the scoreboard lately?

Bottom of the eighth, and the Angels up by a run? NY has three outs to score a run after this next out.

And, if I must say, I guess you don't know Arte Moreno or Mick Scoscia very well. Mike's there for quite some time. As a Dodger fan, I'd love nothing more than to see him come home and coach the Dodgers, but he's there, Arte will forgive him for blowing a game, and he's there to stay.

[Ken Burch]

15. As it happens, he didn't blow the game, but it did look like it had gone south at the time

n/t.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. It ain't over til it's... what?

[Ken Burch]

24. Are the Dodgers gonna stay with Torre, btw?

n/t.

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. Final. Angels Win 7-6

[Ken Burch]

16. Fortunately, they pulled it out.

n/t.

[nini]

14. LOL

though I will say he left Fuentes in there too long.

[Ken Burch]

19. I was going on what it looked like in the top of the seventh.

the team saved Scoscia's ass, and he owes them BIG time for shaking it off.

[nini]

20. that's the thing though

You have to have confidence in your team to make those decisions.

I doubt Scioscia will get the axe after bring his team to the AL championship. That decision could have been questioned if he had left the guy in and the next batter got a hit - he'd be questioned for that too. You go with the odds and roll with the punches.

I will say these playoff games have been nuts this year and just about anything can happen.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

21. Welcome to the world of 9 innings.

[Blue_Tires]

22. well, they did win (barely), so he's off the hook for now...

[Ken Burch]

23. His team saved him

Hopefully they can pull off a miracle this weekend. It'd suck to have the whole World Series in the Northeast in November.