Buddy rarely argues for smart baseball either.  Actually BB doesn't do much of anything except sit in the dugout like a bump on a log and collect a paycheck.  BB is on cruise control and has been pretty much since he got hired, I don't think he thought he would last this long.

Buddy doesn't hold his players accountable for "stupid baseball" either.  Seems as though Buddy almost encourages "stupid baseball".  

Bell should have argued, because the infield fly rule was called, and the OAK infielder tagged the base with his foot, and THEN tagged Pena, by which time Pena was OBVIOUSLY safe!!!

I agree that Pena committed a stupid, boneheaded play, but he WAS safe, and deserved to be supported by Bell as such.

I wonder if Bell didn't even realize the infield fly rule was called on the play, and that since it was, the OAK player was REQUIRED to TAG Pena out, not touch the 2nd base bag.

Surely he knew, right?

Right?

Birds chirping................................

boneheaded decision in that inning - having one of your few good hitters try to sacrifice, despite there being 1st and 2nd with no outs, despite said hitter being a lefty vs a righty, despite having the top of the order coming up, and despite having a slow catcher running from 2nd.

Other than that, that was a great decision by Bell, and yes, I was SCREAMING about it while selling peanuts, BEFORE he bunted, and BEFORE the ensuing disaster occurred, so I am NOT armchair managing - I was right and Buddy was wrong AGAIN.

OOPS - guess I ended up talking about it after all.

or a game.   Buddo needs to be canned because we suck.  We are 11-26.  We will have 40 losses before we have 20 wins.

What is the blog waiting for?  Something has to change.  You either fire the team or you fire the manager and staff.

Which is it?

wait and see what Dusty could do.