Of Course Hughes Was Going to Lose
It’s a no brainer. Phil Hughes had an off night and lost to a really shitty team, and it’s completely Joe Girardi’s fault: ignorant managing.
This is what happens when you take a pitcher who is 10-1 and then skip his last start because of an innings limit. Especially when you have A.J Burnett pitching like a fucking moron recently. Fuck that, Hughes is a real man, he can take it. I don’t want any of this pussy ass pampering of my pitchers. They did it to Joba and he fucking sucks now. Of course the extra rest is going to throw the guy off when he was in a rhythm.
This just in from Keef: “at least it was the game Cliff Lee started. Figure that’s the game the M’s had to win”
Mike says:
Yeah, I’ve gotta agree with you. Girardi micromanages way too much sometimes. Even still, if he wanted to skip Hughes, do it some other time rather than when the poor kid had the opportunity to pitch in front of his friends and family in LA.