One thing you noticed if you watched the WBC last night is that Mark DeRosa didn't use his best reliever Mason Miller. And the logical conclusion I would draw, and I think you drew it too, is that he wasn't available. Yes. Because he didn't pitch. Yeah. That's a direction from San Diego. San Diego. Yeah. And that's a part of the issue this tournament has, that you can't use everybody. David Beddner. Same thing was not available. but that was announced.

The Mason Miller thing we're speculating about because it wasn't announced. So obviously after the game and the USA loses three to two and they come back and tied the game at two. And here's Garrett Whitlock in the ninth inning of a brand new game. Issues the lead off walk, which is just you can't have happen, the stolen base by the pinch rudder so noha, and then finally the game winning double by Suarez. Right. The question is, where's Mason Miller? So this is bad. I'm just going to warn you. Like, thank God Mark DeRosa doesn't manage the match of the Yankees, because I would lose my mind. Or anyone in Major League Baseball.

Yeah.

I'd lose my mind less if he was being peppered with a question by any manage the Marlins. But as a Mets, Yankee manager, it would drive me nuts. Team USA, I'm kind of in the middle. So here's the question, logical question, about, hey, Mark, where was Mason Miller? Mark, you said before the game that mason would be available if he needed him and

since there wasn't going to be a safe situation once you got to the ninth i was curious what went

into not using him there honoring the podres had we taken the lead he was coming in

but i wasn't going to bring him into a tie game but you're the home team

and it's tied in the nine so there would not be a safe situation right luckily thank god

that reporter decided to follow up with mark de rosa and it's about to get ugly what's that

it wasn't going to be a safe situation at that point. I just wanted to honor the fact that there was a situation there where if it was tied, we were going to use Whitlock. We had talked to the Red Sox about that. And if we had the lead, we were going to, we were going to use Mason. What? That doesn't make any sense bro what he's lost he doesn't

know what he's even talking about right now he's he's hearing a question it's not computing in his

mind and he's just like blindly spitting words out clown that made no sense of course it made no

sense i actually think it did make sense.

Really?

For all DeRosa's ribbing.

Then just say the Padres didn't want him the pitch. Well, I think that's it. And I think what he was going to do for Mason Miller. And I think what he's saying there, nobody's listening is, had we had a lead going into the ninth. Mason Miller, I had told him,

listen, the Padgers don't want you pitching,

but I will let you have getting the final outs for Team USA to win.

And I think that was probably a side deal he made with Mason Miller, I had told him, listen, the Padres don't want you pitching, but I will let you have getting the final outs for Team USA to win. I think that was probably a side deal he made with Mason Miller and the Padres. Okay, so communication is key. But I think he said that. No, he did not say that. He said if it was a safe situation. But, Sean, there was no possibility for a safe situation. That's what he's saying. Right. Well, that was what the report was saying. Once the ninth inning comes as the home team, we know this, you may as well use your closer or your best reliever, because there will be no safe situation. But I don't think anybody listened to what DeRosa said. DeRosa didn't say, hey, in the ninth inning as the game played on on it, he was saying as the game went on, if there was a save situation. Meaning, he was not going to be available unless there was a save situation. But there was no safe situation in the night evening. So he wasn't available. So that's why we went to win. Why would the Padres allow him to only pitch with a lead versus a tie game when it's one inning either way? I think if you read between the lines, he's telling me. The Padres told him not to pitch him. He made a deal with Mason Miller.

I'm not going to listen, the Padres told him not to pitch him.

He made a deal with Mason Miller.

I'm not going to listen to the Padres if we get there with a lead.

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