Comments on: 9/17/09 — Yokohama (Away)

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:45:53 +0000

Yeah, Yuuki went a full six innings! What I've seen of him so far is that he can do fairly well, but rarely for more than, say, five innings. Then, when he does lose it, he loses it completely.
I hope it's a conditioning thing, and he can work with the trainers over the off-season t9 add znother couple of outs to his starts.;

By: Kutabare Yomiuri

Kutabare Yomiuri — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:00:45 +0000

I would have to agree with Mr. Christopher. While poking fun at anyone who is making mistakes or generally mediocre, a manager in this case, can be quite hillarious…but far more emphasis should be put on the actual members of the team for losing games. The Takada rips are funny, but perhaps a bit misdirected.
I also think the whole Lim decision last night was the perfect call. I would have been furious had they NOT played him. I am pissed matsuoka was even in the stadium. He should have been somewhere clearing his head no where near the bullpen or the game ball. Also pissed that Takada didn’t start Lim in the bottom 8 instead.
The last month and a half and beyond has been little league reminissant devastating loss after devastating loss. Letting Lim pitch the ninth gave the yogurts their first breath of fresh air- the feeling late in the game that they almost start to believe they can in fact close out and win not just one game, but two?! Immeasurable. Lim may be tired. But how many pitches did he actually throw in the last 48 hours? 18 or something? This is the end of the season here. And the pigeons should be treating this like the climax/japan series. If they can’t expect their star closer or any one of their players for that matter to suck it up and be able to perform a few days in a row than what possible hope do we have for the next month? We have to start expecting the most from all of our players and Takada after being forced to suffer the very least for so long. Other wise, we are already dead. Opimism saves lives and The taste of victory is infectious. Let’s just optimistically hope that the last two timely miracles have infected the entire team with the “???????????”! It’s on!

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:12:43 +0000

Yeah, Yuuki went a full six innings! What I’ve seen of him so far is that he can do fairly well, but rarely for more than, say, five innings. Then, when he does lose it, he loses it completely.
I hope it’s a conditioning thing, and he can work with the trainers over the off-season to add another couple of outs to his starts.

By: Fabian

Fabian — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:22:58 +0000

I didn’t think Yuuki would get out of the jam in the bottom of the 6th unscathed. Nice one! With three batters faced and three earned runs, now maybe even Takada realises that Matsuoka desperately needs some rest.

By: Christopher Pellegrini

Christopher Pellegrini — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:36:52 +0000

Good points all around. We obviously disagree.

Thanks for the dressing down.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:08:42 +0000

I would not acknowledge any such validity. All managers make mistakes and some managers are better than others. I can agree with you that Takada is not a good manager but he is demonstrateably better than his predecessor. I comment because it is clear that the understanding of the role of management or the actual pressures and decisions faced by a manager on this website is deficient. I also comment when you expose your rather pathetic prejudices against other teams fans but that is another matter.

In the particular scenario the Swallows are faced with getting to the playoffs are THE major concern. They are also a major concern in the long term development of the team. A team to become a force needs to be successful – this is something you need to understand. Success breeds success. It also brings more money and better players which is also something the Swallows need at the moment. Sacking Takada is not the answer at the moment because he may not be replaced by anything better. Furthermore, if he succeeds he may improve as a manager which in turn will benefit the team and benefit you as fans. But it all hinges on Swallows being a contender. Imagine the psychological boost your team will receive if they overcome this problem and make the playoffs.

More awareness of the management role and as I mentioned in an earlier post the players role would help this site considerably. Your manager is not perfect and in fact could be considered average but he is not as bad as you seem to think and an acknowledgement of this would help this site immesurably. But I would advise you not to talk about long term success until you actually understand the big picture. This is something that has been lacking so far in your comments. An understanding of how the short term also impacts the long term would also be useful.

By: Christopher Pellegrini

Christopher Pellegrini — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:02:56 +0000

CAL,
The writers of this website are far more concerned with the long-term success of the team than with short-term goals like the playoffs. We’re “big picture” guys, if you will. It’s probably safe to assume that most of the site’s readers are similarly minded.

The vast majority of what is written on this website should be analyzed from within that context. Therefore, long-term success (e.g. the health of the pitching staff) depends to a great extent on removing the “small picture”, serial-repeater-of-mistakes manager from the team.

Please indicate that you understand and acknowledge the validity of these points by not replying.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:21:33 +0000

You desperately need to win these matches and build up momentum. You are also playing a team that has owned you throughout the season and you are in a massive losing streak. Of course you are going to use your star closer in a non-closing situation. There are times when a move like this is essential and given the tightness of the race for the third Climax Series race Takada was fully justified in doing as he did with Lim. You are now in with a very good chance of getting back into third (as Tigers take on Carp in the next series). You really should congratulate your manager for this (as well as the players).

By: Zorgon

Zorgon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Okay. Now I know why Takada sucks, lol.

By: zunlin

zunlin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:21:27 +0000

Beware also about the Lee usage, he needs rest but he’s playing too much in the last 2 weeks.

Yuki finds the win he deserved in the last outing.He’s the only one, together with Ishikawa, that i’m trusting in this period.