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Dick Steinberg has resided in the city of Brookfield for 35 years. He served 34 years as municipal judge and has been an attorney for 50 years. He enjoys tennis, golf, biking and creative writing, which includes legal issues, sports, government and people.

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CUBS WIN

By Richard J. Steinberg
Thursday, Jul 31 2008, 05:39 PM

Today, Thursday, I went to the game with my Chicago friends  who were delighted with their cubbies. And well they should be because the outcome was a total Cub victory in 4 games.

The Cubs have a very good team and and excellent manager who gets the most out of his players and relies on conventional baseball strategy to win.

 Conventional baseball strategy includes a bunt, a stolen base, a hit and run and a pinch hitter.

The Brewers have a young and talented team and a manager who relies on his players to play sandlot baseball and does nothing to help them score runs. Teams need to score runs and the home run is not always the answer.

The game started with a no brainer bunt situation for the Brewers but instead the manager called on a weak batter to hit away.

The result was a lost opportunity to take an early lead.

This kind of decision has been the hallmark of the Brewer manager all season.

He is afraid to make a decision and is reluctant to replace a player so he doesn't hurt his feelings.

Brewer management has to decide on having a leader or a friendly guy to manage our team to a championship.

Enough said, now lets play ball.

Comments

Richard J. Steinberg   

i meant to say hurt their feelings although the manager is careful not to hurt himself

July 31, 2008 5:45 PM

intewedm   

Watching Yost on TV shows just what a lackluster coach he is.  I agree completely that he doesn't manage strategy.  I believe that with a manager like Piniella the Brewers would be a much better team.  It's obvious that the Brewers pitching is still a weak point, and the batters can't perform well against really good pitchers.  We've come a long way, but the Cubs just proved we are not a World Series team yet.  Hopefully what seems obvious to us is also obvious to the owner!

August 1, 2008 9:58 AM

Santa's Elf   

Well, when I saw your headline, I was ready to demand a change of venue. But having read your blog entry, I find I must agree with your conclusions.

First and foremost, the Cubs are good!

Second, the Brewers are talented, but young.

Last, I too used to believe that Yost is just too nice a guy. But there's more to it than that. When a coach leaves a pitcher in long enough to hand out seven runs in an inning, he's plumb out of good reasons why a big league team ought to keep him as coach!

August 1, 2008 3:30 PM

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