Last night in Los Angeles another classic corky baseball moment occured with Donny Baseball him self at the center of the controversy. Now im not going to sit here and rip on a pin stripe hero, but Donny, my boy, what were you thinking last night? Every one knows when a reliever is on the mound, two trips to the mound, will also cost you a trip to the bullpen. Its the same principal as banging a younger chick in college. You can only go to the well once, because if you come back for more she's going to fall in love with you and going to cost you more than she's worth. Granted, the Hit Man just barely stepped off the mound and if anything it was more of a reaction to James Loney's question than an instance of Mattingly forgetting the rules. At the end of the night though Jonathan Broxton (Dodgers All Star Closer) had to be pulled from the game because of Mattingly's error and the Giants ended up winning the game. You can't put the loss solely on Donny's shoulders because it was the players who didnt execute, but when your on a 6 game losing streak Mattingly's mistake does not help. The plus side to this debacle last night is the umpires finally got a call right this season. The umpires have been on the wrong side of every big call this year and have really been feeling the heat for it. With instant replay creeping down the back of the umps necks, every right call is a big call for them.
- Nikky New York
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