Prosecution's Closing Statement

Boz takes questions and in with making up stuff about David Eckstein that didn't happen like he says* and talk of chemsity and stuff, he tries to defend Davey's Kozma non-decision:

"Davey said (last week) that he didn't want to walk the bases full and risk walking in the winning run. What he didn't say is that a .167 pitcher vs a rookie hitter ought to be an overmatch."

True enough, but that removes all context from the game.  Here are some other facts :

• Drew had just gone walk, walk, single (albeit to a lefty). 
• He had just blown the lead for his team in the top of the 9th of the deciding game. 
• He was up to 22 pitches, had appeared in the previous two games, and had thrown 26 pitches the day before. 
• Kozma had seen Storen in both previous games. He had lined out and walked. 
• By walking Kozma you would either force the Cardinals closer, Jason Motte, out of the game, or force him to hit.
• If Motte was removed for a PH, as expected, arguably their top 4 relievers would be out of the game. The Cardinals also had also already used Boggs, Mujica, and Rosenthal. 

.167 vs rookie says "keep Storen in and pitch to Kozma".

EVERYTHING ELSE says "no, don't do that".


*So he says basically the Angels were down 5-0, Dusty gives Ortiz the game ball, Eckstein goes crazy and whips the Angels into a frenzy. They comeback win game and series. Except I can find ZERO stories on line that tell that story. You know the media loves Eckstein with an undying passion. If that had happened it'd be noted somewhere right? Instead I get Tim Salmon saying the game ball thing didn't matter. Plus when Ortiz was pulled there were two men on and Spezio, the next guy up, hit a homer so what did Eckstein do? Run out to the plate and start screaming in Spezio's face?  Eckstein gets enough love for not growing tall and running around a lot.  Let's not give him credit where it's completely not due, ok?