Well, the Burnett pull I totally understand. His recent shoulder troubles put him at too high of a risk of re-injury and that point of the game, he had already thrown over 110 pitches (I believe). As our #2, he's too valuable to be put in that situation, considering that he's been relatively injury-prone. Accardo blew Burnett's win, plain and simple.
However, tonight was just poor management. Just one example of many this season.
FIRE GIBBONS!
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