Giles mad at Sandberg!

[northeastphillyguy]

Sandberg came to the mound and told Giles to walk Pedro Alvarez. Giles wanted to pitch to him instead, but lost the argument. Disaster almost followed when Giles walked the next batter to load the bases. After going to a 3-0 count on the next hitter Giles cooled down and struck him out. Sandberg and Giles got into a heated argument on the bench when Giles finished his inning. I have no problem with Giles having confidence in
himself. I love that attitude in a pitcher. The Question is this: Should Sandberg have listened to Giles and let him pitch to Alvarez for a confidence booster, or insist on the intentional walk? With wins not meaning a whole lot at this time, I think he should have given Giles favor. It could have been a lesson for both.

 

[_phiLLies_]

giles is 100% wrong. you state your case and then listen to the manager, regardless. he's in no position at age 24, 2nd year, to run his mouth like that.

i'd actually trade him right now. not because of that, but because of the fact he's at his highest point. he's worth very little to this organization at this point in time. this type of baseball common sense 101 wouldn't play over well with the phils community though.. the same fans who claimed trading dom brown for jose bautista would be a horrible move

 

[jvett77]

You have to go with Sandberg on this one. It's logic. The team is bad enough without fucking around. It might have shortened the game though. lol. It would have been cool watching Giles and Sandy get it on. Maybe tonight.

Alverez lifetime vs :
______avg obp slg hr
RHP .248 .322 .474 100 hr
LHP .192 .263 .314 14 hr

 

[Retroram52]

This mess is only going to continually get worse because we all know that the abortion in the FO sets the tone. There is no direction to this franchise and that is why players are taking on managers even though this manager is in over his head like the rest above him.