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http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-t...st-night-its-austin-mr-jackson-if-youre-nasty
About Last Night: It's Austin, Mr. Jackson If You're Nasty.
?Jim Leyland's decision to move Austin Jackson down in the batting order could not have worked out better, as the Tigers outfielder broke out of his slump, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances in Detroit's ALCS-equalizing 7-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. Or could it have worked better? See, Jackson's suddenly hot bat raises this question: Why did Leyland demote his best hitter, costing him a valuable fifth plate appearance? Leyland clearly must now rectify his obvious mistake and move Jackson back up to the top of the order. However, because the outcome of every at-bat is at least somewhat dependent on the context in which it occurred, the question arises as to whether Jackson would have been able to succeed were he given a different set of at-bats. Which means that it's quite clear Leyland should bench Jackson for the remainder of the series lest he make another huge managerial blunder. But doesn't that theory apply to every offensive player on the Tigers' roster? Who is to say any of them can be expected to simply slot into a batting order and play baseball effectively? Which leaves Leyland with only one rational choice as manager: forfeit the remaining games of the series and resign in disgrace. So I think it's fair to say Leyland's decision to move Jackson down in the batting order could have worked out better.
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For all of you that read here regularly, the playoffs are different bit more difficult type of animal to keep up with, with all the extra story lines and links. Many more than the regular season.

One thing that is difficult for me that I try to be aware of is Not to post a double of the same story. But at time, it does happen....with the Tigers media outlets Mlive, freep, and detnews...especially the detnews, where they keep the same story but change the time stamp on it.
I have been careful, try as I may, but I am sure a few have slipped through.
Just so all of you know,

I'm not perfect doing this 24/7/365/yearinyearout, and don't have dementia, except for Scherzer's pitch count the other game when Fister was pitching.
 
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