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Originally Posted by SteveBsjb
The Mets were hampered by the one thing that can still hurt them this year. Poor coaching decisions (especially with relief pitching) by Willie Randolf. At least this year we got rid of Looper and have Billy Wagner.
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That plagued the Giants too. Bottom of the 6th mush-for-brains Alou would yank the pitcher and send in a reliever for 2/3rds inning, the switch. New guy gives up two runs? Keep him in! If he gets out of a jam yank him. Total stupidity.
Injuries, bad managing and bad front office can all keep teams from succeeding. The Giants have had many chances to get some quality players but always get a mediocre player cheap and they flounder. I attribute a lot of this to them trying to build a supporting cast around Bonds.