- Dec 30, 1999
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Yes I'm no baseball manager or have great baseball IQ but many of his moves this series have questionable at best. In game one with the Dbacks up 9-1 by like the 4th or 5th inning he let Curt pitch till the 7th knowing that he'd be the starter for two more games. Now Schilling if anyone can go high on pitch counts but why use them up when your up 9-1. Only team you'd worry about coming back 8 runs would probably be the Indians. I missed game two but in game 4 schilling had a tough 7th inning but he was at 88 pitches and two runs leads are hardly anything. Back in Philly it wasn't all that unusual to see Curt go more than 110 pitches and he has always been known to be a workhorse so why take him out now? Then Kim a youngin comes in and though he strikes out the side and like the first batter in the ninth goes full count on everyone. Gives up the two run homer and yet Brenly leaves him in for the tenth after Kim goes deep counts on everyone previously and they've seen quite a of his pitches by now. Lots say his strategy for bunting was incorrect but he's an NL coach and though they were playing AL rules you really can't fault him trying to get only 1 or 2 more runs with which at the time was Schilling pitching. I think he shares equal blame as Kim if the DBacks loose, although the Dbacks are looking ok with johnson and curt pitching the last two games.