Can Nate Silver break down the most common managerial dilemma in the game–the decision to replace a starter with a less-effective reliever? Of course he can.
A Nation holds its breath and waits for news on Curt Schilling, news that is going to make an 0-2 deficit even harder to handle.
One of the benefits of working the count is that you get the starter out of the game and the bullpen into it. What happens to that strategy when the relievers are better than the starters?
The Astros might have pulled out last night’s game if Phil Garner had borrowed a page from Billy Martin.