The guy is inept when there is a runner on third and less than two outs. As much as I loved him in the regular season, I've hated to see him at bat in the post season. He is an 100% liability at the plate right now. It's over, and he has had more chances than anyone else to change the outcomes. Learn to hit the frickin ball out of the infield. Everett, well atleast he's in the 8 spot where he belongs.

They all sucked tonight.....Garner even sucked!

Garner did a good job of throwing that stool though.

also good with mouthing obscenities at Everett.

It's not really his fault. This whole season he was taught to just get on base or bunt Biggio over if he's on.

I hope they can develop him into a hitter because he's lethal in the field and on the basepaths.

yeah him and Ensberg are terrible with runners in scoring position

doesnt Garner have a team that overachieves for the most part?

that would make Garner a pretty good MGR imho.

What this team did is pretty amazing.

They played as a team and played out of their minds for much of the second half.

They had a good season and it was a lot of fun. Yes, it's over.

Taveras led off 3/4 of the season, and got on primarily out of chopper infield hits. Once the infields pulled in closer for his at bats it didn't happen nearly as much.

I was pretty shocked at the 2 doubles he had in game 2 though.

I like the guy. . . I saw him steal 2nd twice this season on pitch outs.

The problem was not his. He is not a contact hitter, and we all knew it.

The manager could have squeezed or replaced him with one of the great contact hitters sitting on the bench. The game would have been over so he wouldn't have been replaced in the outfield.

He did what his skill set shows him to do, so don't hate on him. Look at how the situation was managed.

If he could continually make contact, they could have a lethal hit and run combo

Unless he missed signs, do not blame Taveras.

In the 1st with BGO on 2nd with no outs, Garner should not have been bunting, but should have played for a big inning.

In top 8th with Taveras leading off with Stros down 1, Taveras should have been taking on a 1-0 count.

In bottom 9 with 1st & 3rd & 1 out & game tied, Taveras should have been laying down a squeeze bunt.

Bad managing and coaching unless the signs were missed, and if they were missed, WT should have been out of the game.

He's exciting as heck to watch when he's going well but he doesn't go well too frequently.

I think that he'll have a career similar to Brian Hunter but with a stronger arm.

I agree that I would have PH for him in that spot but that wasn't what cost them the game.

Isn't it strange that he has only 3 stolen bases in his last 47 games?

Also, he hasn't been taught all season to get on or bunt Biggio over (he is a terrible sac bunter). First of all, he doesn't get on too much (.325 OBP) and secondly, as mentioned above, he only had 28 regular season ABs hitting behind Biggio.

Also, check out some of his splits by situation:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/splits?statsId=7269&type=batting&year=2005
Some of those are pretty astounding.

While you're at it check out his home/road splits and think about that in conjunction with the number of infield hits he gets. I've mentioned it before but if you ask me, I think the Astros have a generous scorer.

I like the kid but I also liked Glen Barker.

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[This message has been edited by AgRyan04 (edited 10/26/2005 6:36p).]