There was one more thing I neglected to mention in my post about today's game.. how horrible was the decision to send Dunn in the bottom of the fourth on Keppinger's double? Here's the sequence of events as it played out in my mind, watching:
"Man, Keppinger hit that pretty well, that should be a double."
(Shot of Braun tracking down the ball)
"Man, I hope they don't send Dunn."
(Braun throws, followed by shot of Dunn slowing up as he gets to third, then speeding back up as Berry sends him home)
"Oh, no."
(Dunn is out by ten feet, and that is a generous estimate)
"[expletive deleted]."
I know all third base coaches are going to get burned a few times a season, but the hit wasn't even that deep into left-center. At the time the Reds couldn't get anything going and were only down one, but being that stupidly aggressive on the bases is going to make the chances of scoring even less. If this had turned out to be a loss, that play would have been much bigger, but with the win I forgot to mention it earlier.
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