Most of the finger-pointing is aimed at Fredi. "boteman" in FishStripes, though, sees it as a (edit) move of Fredi's to make plain what he's stuck with.
"As I watched the Marlins' lead fizzle before my eyes, it became clear to me that Fredi was watching Lindstrom intently to see how he would react under this pressure...
"Mitch Williams on MLBN stated flat out last night: 'Lindstrom has no movement on his pitches. It's one thing to throw a fastball in the high 90s, but if it's flat, its hittable.'
"How true. Oh how painfully true.
"I must, therefore, conclude that Fredi saw this and decided to give Lindstrom enough rope to hang himself, which he did brilliantly.
"Now the question is what to do with the hanging corpse."
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Non-Marlins fan Luke Kohler gives out the traditional dissonant wisdom..
"You get what you deserve and the Marlins deserved to lose this game with their ninth inning management. Simple as this: When a guy has walked three people, given up a double and allowed two runs to score YOU TAKE HIM OUT OF THE GAME! There is no discussion here. He clearly was not going to get Victorino out, so why leave him in. They had a lefty warmed up in the bullpen, but apparently, until the save is officially blown, it is illegal to remove a closer.
"I am not a Marlins fan, but it pisses me off to no end to see some of the ridiculous 'managing' that gets pulled in Major League Baseball games."
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Alex Carver, after dissing John Baker for his pitch calling, brings it back to the man again...
"I'm all for a manager having confidence in a guy and for a catcher having enough confidence in a guy's fastball to call it 19 straight times but when it's not working, something needs to change. Right now, I'm only holding Lindstrom 33% accountable for his struggles. In his next outing, I want to see a lot more offspeed stuff. If he still can't get three outs then, that's when the Leo Nunez era needs to begin."
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Fredi, like the way he stuck with Matt last night, is sticking with Matt as closer for the forseeable future...
-- "We've got to give Matty an opportunity to close out ballgames. It's a young season and it's a good learning experience for him."
-- "We need him to get right and run him back out there."
-- "I'm not worried about him. I think this is one of those situations where you got to keep giving him the ball."
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