Daily News | What Phillies manager Rob Thomson has learned in the aftermath of controversial World Series pitching decision
It rained last Friday in Sebringville, Ontario, but that was OK. Rob Thomson didn’t have big plans anyway.
“It was just nice to get home and sit in my chair and just relax and think about stuff — and get some sleep,” Thomson said the other day. “Because it was a really good run, but you don’t sleep much, you know?”No, really, tell us. Tell us what a decompressing manager thinks about while lounging in that comfortable recliner, maybe with a cold beverage in one hand and a Maple Leafs game on the television.
First, although the Phillies decided before the series that they would use Alvarado against lefty-swinging Alvarez in the first high-leverage situation of a game — and the hard-throwing lefty entered Games 1, 4, and 5 in the fifth inning twice and sixth inning once — Thomson doesn’t believe he lifted Wheeler as a reflex or based on a preordained strategical maneuver.
But at least Thomson appears to have went with his gut based on what he was feeling in the moment and not some paint-by-numbers pre-series strategy session.
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