And no, this wasn’t during warm-ups. After our eventual hero, Chris Coste, came into the game as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning for Greg Dobbs (and proceeded to go 4-for-4 including the GW single), the Phillies were temporarily left third baseman-less. So the genius baseball mind inside Charlie Manuel’s skull informed ex-infielder Carlos Ruiz to go out and play the position:
And just like everything Charlie does, it wound up being the correct move. No balls were hit to Ruiz that inning (Beltran grounded out to Rollins followed by Delgado & Tatis K’s) so Eric Bruntlett was available to pinch-hit for Brad Lidge in the bottom half and stay in the game at 3rd. Eric B. (for President) then thwacked a double to right-center, allowing Jayson Werth to score from first and tie the game up at 7.
Once again, Charlie Manuel > Jerry Manuel.
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August 27th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Carlos at hot corner > Hot Carl
August 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Carlos Ruiz is two things.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Carlos Ruiz > David Bell + Wes Helms
August 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Ruiz is actually playing some good ball post-allstar break. Hitting .283 with a .364 OBP. Everyone has been bashing him lately, but he has actually been pretty good. I don’t think he has even GIDP’d in the second half.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
ill – Carlos Ruiz has turned into a semi-punchline lately, but I totally agree. I can’t remember who said it, I think it was Cholly, but he said if everybody else was hitting like they were supposed to nobody would be talking about Carlos Ruiz. I sorta like the guy.
And not for nothing, but the biggest “bashing” of Carlos Ruiz actually came out of J-Roll’s mouth on that dumb sports show (period).
August 27th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Wouldn’t it have made more sense to keep Carlos(the world’s greatest defensive catcher) behind the plate and put Coste at third? He couldn’t possibly have more range than Costey, and isn’t Coste renowned for his utiliability?
August 27th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I hope you didn’t just question the decision making of Charlie Manuel. You didn’t, right?
August 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Did anyone notice when they were showing the closeup of Ruiz fielding ground balls before the inning bobble the one ball that came to him
January 28th, 2010 at 12:12 am
Bump.