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From: [email protected] (Paul Collacchi)
Subject: Re: Geronimo Pena?
Reply-To: [email protected] (Paul Collacchi)
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Organization: Pyramid Technologies, Mt. View, California.
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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Dave
Spencer) writes:
|> In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Bob Netherton) writes:
|> |> In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] writes:
|> |> |>
|> |> |>
|> |> |> Hey...I've noticed that Luis Alicea is starting at 2nd for the
Cardinals
|> |> |> instead of Geronimo Pena. Is Pena hurt, or was he just benched
for poor
|> |> |> performance? Anyone know?
|> |>
|> |> After a quick start, Pena has been stuck in a rut. Torre gave Alicea
|> |> the start to try to get Pena out of whatever funk he is in. It has
|> |> worked in the past.
|> |>
|>
|> And it has worked again. Pena went 3 for 3 last night against Colorado.
|>
Without opening this up for a sabermetric flame war, I would like to
question the notion that "sitting a rested player down" has any real
effect on his long-term performance. Sure, if a man is tired and needs
real rest, then taking a break might be a constructive act. Perhaps if
a man is mentally "strained", then sitting him down might help to the
extent that that helps him relax. But I would like to suggest that
in the long run, players do slump, and benching is probably irrelevant.
Paul Collacchi