Lords of Illusion

If you move past the error by 4-time Gold-Glover Eric "I take pride in my defense" Chavez and the meatball thrown by Joe "Kentucky-fried" Blanton, last night game definitely had the aura of a playoff game.

For the majority of the night, Macha was not a numbskull; that quickly changed when Justin Duchscherer had a visit by pitching coach Curt Young. The problem here is that the Duke had just allowed to runners to get on base and now, Macha feels this is the most opportune time to mess with Duchscherer's rhythm. Apparently, the visit was to inform Justin to pitch around Tucker to get to the next batter, Pedro Feliz.

It is this type of mindless action that makes me question Macha as a manager. There should be a sign that, at the least, the catcher knows which lets him know that the pitcher should unintentionally-intentionally walk a batter. Had that been known, there would have been no need for Young to come out and bother the Duke. Once again, Macha was bailed out by a player, this time with Duke's rainbow curve to strikeout the over-eager Pedro Feliz