Yesterday at Busch Stadium will be a day that will go down in baseball history. It was truly remarkable that a game in this era of baseball goes a full 18 innings without a run crossing home.
However, the story of last night's game was not dictated by the hitting, pitching, running, or fielding; it was the managing. And you better believe that there were a lot of questionable moves.
Whenever a game goes that long, there will be a lot of strategical moves that need to be made. Everything from substitutions to sacrifice bunts, to who is going to pitch.
It looked like after the first five innings that last nights game would be a brisk one as there had only been a combined three hits. However as the game waned on to extra innings, it was clear that this game was going to be lengthy.
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Managing Plays the Lead in Mets’ 20-Inning, 2-1 Victory Over St. Louis
Posted: 18th April 2010 by Sam Blum in MLBComments Off on Managing Plays the Lead in Mets’ 20-Inning, 2-1 Victory Over St. Louis