The problem with being hot is you start to expect things to ALWAYS go right!  Well - it's baseball and I REALLY doubt you can blame Yost for the loss!

His decisions did not LOSE the game unless you have access to some alternate reality.

Aggressive base running?  Is that what you call Prince staying put on 1st on a Pass Ball?

Despite his sub-par efforts in Nashville, Chris Spurling has been pretty damn good in his time with the Crew.

Why was he not the FIRST in the 8th? Or better yet, why is Jose Cappellan not on the team in place of Elmer Dessens?

I realize S-HOUSE hadn't pitched in a while, but who cares? He's a SITUATIONAL LEFTY for a reason.

Honestly though, Dessens being on the team gums up the entire bullpen. He isn't a viable option EVER, and it's obvious Ned and/or Maddux don't have any faith in him to get outs anyway. So, why is he still on the team?

SOMETIMES you get it in the arse and you look like a fool.  But every game you learn something.

Yost is not a dummy. He is a young and learning manager that EVERY YEAR goes through this learning process with the pen.

What works, who can do what and when.

Come on you guys - you are smarter then this.

The baserunning was indeed over-the-top tonight.  Tagging from third with two outs on a shallow fly is often smart aggressive baserunning, stealing 3rd with nobody out and the HOT top of the order coming to the plate is not.

In the 8th when the game got to 6-5 with a runner on first and no outs Cordero started warming up in the pen.  What followed was fly out, single, single, fielder's choice run scores, single, sac fly.  Why was Cordero even warming in the pen?  If you can't find a spot in there to put in Cordero then I just don't know.  Last week there was a similiar situation where guys were up in the pen, things continued to unravel, and still no move.  It just doesn't make any sense to me.

A reliever who comes in with two on and no outs and gives up six runs in the inning is the primary culprit.  Ned may have significantly reduced the margin for error with some of his moves, but it was still an awfully large margin for error for DBow, and he blew it.

Here's hoping this was just a one time thing.  We've got to get 2 of the next 3 here.

Fortunately, the Mets beat the Cubs for us.

While everyone is all over Yost I think they are missing something.  

We watch Yost every game but do not see that ALL managers make mistakes.  It's not JUST Yost that sometimes pulls a bonehead blunder. ALL coach's have these things happen and the fans get upset.

Managers make mistakes all the time.  People think that all other managers are perfect, but except for the very very elite, they are all just pulling cards out of a hat and learning as they go.

I think what lost last nights game was success!  When something works over and over and over, when it does not work you do not have the experience to know exactly when to change.

HOPEFULLY, this was a learning game.

Yost should not call Cordero his closer. He should call him his best pitcher out of the bullpen. Then he should use him in the most important situation.

Last night, that would've been the eighth inning with two guys on. So pitch Cordero there. Starting the ninth with nobody on the bases -- that would be the next-toughest spot. So pitch Turnbow there.

Oh no! But then a man who is not dubbed the "closer" might actually get a "save." And then Yost has to explain to the team's one beat writer why someone besides Cordero is finishing the game.

It's a lot easier to lose behaving like every other manager in the league than be second-guessed for doing something actually more logical.

As for the big picture, I still think they take 2-out-of-3 and come home with a 3-4 record on the trip. Not great, but not end of the world. I hope I'm right and I hope that T-bow doesn't repeat his meltdown from last year.