seawolf17 wrote: I was okay with taking Thor out when they did. He could have gone a second inning from Reed, I suppose, but then if Reed coughs it up in the ninth it's Britton II -- except there's no save situation to save Familia for, so you might as well use your big guns while you can. Familia just wasn't himself out there; he was missing all over the place. I think it was Fman who said it a few pages back -- it was Aiming Familia, not Throwing Familia. Regardless, he was the right guy to have out there in that spot. I just think at the time Reed came in you make the double switch, so you have the option to go another inning with Reed if you want to. By then, Terry has to know that Bumgarner is good to go 9 or 10 innings and he has to extend the game as long as possible. He tried to play it by the regular season book (Reed 8th, Jeurys 9th) but he needed to be willing and able to let both go multiple innings. Might not have worked out since Jeurys was not sharp, but the double switch has to be the move there.