The Good Phight · Apr 19, 2021
Gamethread 4/19: Giants at Phillies
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesTonight, Gabe Kapler makes his triumphant return to the Philadelphia. Normally, we’d make a bigger deal out of this occasion, but managers seem to have so little impact on the game these days as compared to the past. Now, managers just seem to be “follow the data” guys that rarely steer from what the graph in front of them says. Yesterday, we saw a clear example of the manager from the Phillies NOT doing what the data tells him, allowing Aaron Nola to finish what he started and earn himself a complete game shutout in the process.