THE MARLINS PULLED THEIR PITCHER WITH A PERFECT GAME? | Local Hour
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Why was Zaslow angry about the Marlins' manager's decision?
What a joy today to step into the time machine and be greeted by Zazz being sports radio mad at a baseball manager.
Yeah, that's right.
felt like I was going back into the 80s and 90s when people got pissed off at a manager when I'm pretty sure he just has to come out and be the face. Clayton McCullough has to be the face of an organizational decision. Like, he's a total middle manager who gets all of the heat and hatred for pulling a starter with a perfect game after seven innings because he's thrown a few over 90 pitches.
Grow a pair. I mean... Marlins won a World Series because he had a guy who went with his gut. And Josh Beckett went out there in game six on short rest and won your World Series with a shutout because the manager went with his gut.
Yeah, but playing the A's in July isn't quite a World Series. And this is a young arm coming off of 92 pitches injury. It's not 192, but it's a young arm coming off of injury. It doesn't matter to you that he's making like his third start off of injury.
You say that as if you believe if it was his 10th start coming off injury, they wouldn't have done the same thing.
Well, baseball's different now, and you either accept it or you howl at the moon because it's not going to change. This is how they do things now in July. They're protecting precious arms. I don't know why they're protecting him. I'm watching the Rays got Drew Rasmussen. He had two Tommy John surgeries while he was in college. Like, I don't know why they're protecting any of the arms, but they are protecting the arms. And it seems like Uri Perez has learned how to pitch because he's no longer walking people. Like, the guy's got filthy stuff, but he just walked everybody, and now he's throwing in the zone. But you find yourself what level of mad because the— For you to summon outrage when the Marlins are the best team in baseball since the beginning of June, and for this to be what gets on your radar, because it's hard to get on the sports radar this month.
It's been a little bit crazy with everything happening, hockey and baseball deciding championships, the World Cup. We have not talked about the fact that the Marlins, since the beginning of June, have the best team in baseball. They just ransacked the A's.
You're right about that part, but in a 162-game season, give me a few things throughout the course of the summer that I can get excited about. And when I see through five innings that Uri Perez, because I don't have the Marlins on every day, but when I see through five innings that Uri Perez is perfect, and then I put it on one of the TVs, not the big one, Dan.
What factors influenced the decision to pull Eury Pérez from the game?
Let's get serious here. I put it on the small TV. What was on the big one? I was watching House of the Dragon. And, I mean, it's a new season. It's off to a really good start, Dan. I don't want to give up any spoilers, but holy shit, the queen is back.
Zaz just touched on the real tension in all of this. This has nothing to do with the actual McCullough taking out the pitcher. You know what happened yesterday? It's the people that have been paying attention to the Marlins getting mad at all the people who aren't paying attention to the Marlins swooping in and being outraged at Clayton McCullough. So that's what it was in the group chat. It was, you haven't been— This is Beaker. He should fire him. Well, you haven't watched two games this year. I've been watching all year. That was the tension yesterday.
One of those people was Billy Gill, who immediately fired Clayton McCullough. That is his lane in his defense.
He's been on that beat for a while.
Just fired Clayton McCullough yesterday for taking him out after the seven perfect innings. Do you know how many perfect games there have been in the history of baseball?
Yes.
Because in the 90s, it was 15. What's the number now? 24.
Every Marlin fan knows this morning.
That's just brutal. Oakland is almost totally dead as a baseball town.
How does the Marlins' performance compare to other teams in baseball?
A's fans haven't been heard from in decades. But yesterday, they were disgusted with the Marlins. They're saying shame right now.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why was Zaslow angry about the Marlins' manager's decision?
0:00–2:40
2
What factors influenced the decision to pull Eury Pérez from the game?
2:40–4:00
3
How does the Marlins' performance compare to other teams in baseball?
4:00–5:59
4
What memorable moments define Miami Stadium's sports history?
5:59–7:51
5
Which players are considered the most iconic in UM Football history?
7:51–10:00
6
What was the significance of the World Cup match between Argentina and Cabo Verde?
10:00–12:48
7
How did the panel react to the discussion about the Marlins' strategy?
12:48–14:58
8
What are the implications of the Marlins' decisions for their future?
14:58–43:58
Speakers
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