Edgy MD wrote: I don't particularly mind him not going for third. It was late in the game, and we didn't need the run, so much as the six runs behind him. We needed non-outs more than anything. Maybe a triple fires his team up a little and gives them a shining blue flame to follow into battle, but 147% of us would tear him to bits if he somehow fails in his attempt for three. I'm more concerned with the lack of focus in on-basemanship. You take a strike when down by multiple runs in late innings. If it doesn't help you get a few base runners, at least it makes the pitcher work a little harder, and gets you into the bullpen a little earlier in game one of a series. I would have been satisfied if he approached 2nd at full speed, catching his coach as he rounded the bag at full speed, and then break and back (as per coach call) to 2nd or go for the triple. I doubt he could have made a triple out of it, but there was a small chance (if he did he scores on the proceeding fly out). This team has to optimize its chances, force errors, do all the stuff that had them winning in April. Without a big bat we have to do all the little stuff, and do it right. Don't mind me. Still venting after this one.