Mindless Orthodoxy Is For Losers

Manager of the Year or no, Jim Tracy is the latest manager to cost his team a shot at a championship because The Closer has to pitch the 9th inning regardless of context. I don't know about you, but when the other team has a guy who hits like Lou Gehrig against righthanders and Willie Bloomquist against lefthanders, I'm not letting him see a righthander with a game on the line unless I have Mariano Rivera.