For all intents and purposes Bob Laterza is a nice man.
A funeral director, a lifelong coach and a guy you’re free to absolutely root for.
The fact he got robbed by Danny Almonte is enough to make anyone mad.
Paulinos Bronx rivals are worried about the fallout from the scandal.
Staten Island also played at 9am that day and couldnt meet the teams at the airport like the others.
Now lets get to tonight.
Questionable decision after questionable decision.
Worst of all was his pitching changes.
Once he reached the 85 pitches we knew we were in trouble.
I still cant believe that didnt go out.
In came Scarangello who by my counts is one of the tougher kids on the team.
Hes a junk baller and has given great stuff any time hes called on up to this point.
LATERZA PULLS HIM WITH A 2-0 COUNT AFTER LESS THAN 10 PITCHES !
What are we doing Bob ?
Let the kid settle in, give a visit.
Then youll never guess what he does next.
PULLS OUT TORRES WITH A 2-0 COUNT TO GO TO ANOTHER PITCHER !
The next kid gives up a 3 run bomb its 6-1 and that was all she wrote.
Its worth noting Torres and Weiss were seldomly used all of this all star season on the bump.
Which is another weird decision.
Absolutely horrific decisions tonight, start to finish.
A great run by the kids but a brutally upsetting ending at the hands of their skipper.
