Want a run down of Baker as a poor game time manager?

Maddux threw 98 pitches (second-most this season) while allowing season-highs of 11 hits and nine runs. It's not that Baker allowed Maddux to throw too many pitches, it's that he let the game get out of reach, saying "our bullpen was short[staffed]."

You always play for TODAY. That is basic managing 101. If you know your pitcher doesn't have it like Maddux did you need to get someone else in the game before it gets out of hand. You cant worry about tomorrow.

Also it is not like we had a game on Monday, so I have no idea what the hell Dusty Baker was thinking. This is why he is hated just as much as he is loved. He is probably the worst game time manager I have ever seen. But he can pamper all-stars and washed up players like no one else. Maybe he should start learning baseball instead of social skills, so he can be a more complete manager.