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Message: [QUOTE="browndog319, post: 3343139, member: 7185"] I think that the best sports analogy here is pitching. You can have Verlander start and you count on him to deliver 7 innings of pretty flawless ball, maybe a run or two, but that’s a rarity. If he is giving hits up in the 3 and 4 and people are getting on base, you don’t let him figure it out. You know he’ll be Verlander again in a few days. It’s not saying he now sucks it means today he doesn’t have his stuff. In these situations, getting yanked has to be viewed like Verlander views getting pulled early. He would rather win and if his stuff isn’t getting them there, put someone else in. AG needs to be okay with that and it’s okay for us to want him yanked when he doesn’t have his stuff. It doesn’t mean we want him off the team. It means find another guy who has his stuff while AG gets his stuff back. [/QUOTE]