Kenny Rogers makes his baseball sing across the plate....so why?

Question

What a great game number 2 at the world series in Detroit tonight.
Kenny Rogers did a fantastic job through all the innings but the relief guy Jones could have lost it for him why didn't they let Kenny finish?

Answer 1

pitch count is the number one thing, batters also get used to the starting pitcher's pitchers at the end of the game, closers are closers for a reason they are used to the high pressure situations, more often than not, the closer will get the save

Answer 2

Yes, he pitched a great game, but it is tainted by the fact that he should have been removed for the "substance". At first I kind of felt bad for him, but when I saw the close ups of the "substace" from the other post season games I was annoyed. Then to make it worse he lied about whether the umps said anything to him about it. Bottom line is he should have been out in the 1st, then maybe a totally different game.

Answer 3

Because he is getting old and they need to save as much of his arm as they can for other games in the series. My biggest question would be why he didn't start game 1. However, I also agree with Georgie: never second guess Jim Leyland, at least not this year.

Chow!!

Answer 4

Rogers is over 40, and he probably had a high pitch count. Baseball people keep many stats, like the average of hitters against a pitcher with a high pitch count, and they thought it was risky to keep him in

Answer 5

Because he may have to pitch again on short rest, so they would like him to have some sort of rest. And why have him throw to the point of exhaustion, when he will be needed in his prime again.

Answer 6

Todd Jones scares me.

Answer 7

They still got the "w". Tigers win it in 6 games!

Answer 8

Never 2nd guess Jim Leyland.

He knows what he's doing.