"Terry Collins hasn’t made many mistakes this season but he made a big one Sunday night, allowing Miguel Batista to face Robinson Cano in the eighth.
Considering that the ball Cano hit off Batista on Friday night may not have come down yet, it was just way too much of a gamble. And in his gut, the Mets’ manager knew it.
He was trying to save his bullets in an already-shaky bullpen that had taken a major blow on Sunday, when closer Frank Francisco was put on the disabled list.
So rather than bring in lefty specialist Tim Byrdak in the eighth inning to pitch to Cano, the one guy Collins wanted Byrdak to face in this series, he asked the 41-year old Batista to pitch a second inning in relief.
Sure enough, Batista left an 83-mph splitter up and Cano hit it about 430 feet to center, providing the Yankees with a 6-5 win."
The guy who doesn't play is always imagined to be superior to the guy who plays.
I say Byrdak would have given up back-to-back HRs.
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