________ M I S S Buster Olney 8/2/11 via Twitter  “Yep, gotta walk Braun and Fielder, pitch to McGehee.” Bottom of the 10th, runner on 3rd with two outs, Ryan Braun batting. Fernando Salas pitches to Braun and induces a ground ball to 3B to end the inning. I don’t like the IBB 80% of time and I really don’t like walking two batters to load the bases. StL won 8-7 in 11. Tony LaRussa knows what he’s doing. Prime example of why writer and analyst are two different jobs. ________ N I C E Rob Neyer 8/1/11 via SBNation.com “Did Clint Hurdle Blow 3 Games Last Week?” Good read here about a manager’s propensity to save his closer in a tie game on the road in extra innings. It’s an old school adage I don’t agree with. I understand the 9th or maybe the 10th, but much after that you better have a really deep bullpen, most teams don’t. ________ N I C E Jason Whitlock 8/1/11 via Twitter First, SI’s Peter King: Interesting but not too surprising: Just got stiffed at Panther camp by Cam Newton. Chose not to talk to me post-evening practice. JW: Bitching about Cam not doing an interview is petty @SI_PeterKing Too many of us n media think we are entitled to the time of people we cover. JW:Celebrity media, we feel just as entitled as the athletes we demonize for self-entitlement. That is an assumption many in the media make. Have to respect Jason as a prominent member pointing that out to colleagues. There’s a balance but sometimes players just don’t have the time or energy, that has to be understood and appreciated, not tweeted to 600K people who may now think Cam Newton is a bad guy. ________ M I S S David Cameron 7/21/11 via Twitter  Doug Fister threw a 3-0, belt high 83 MPH change-up to Jose Bautista. He took it for strike one. The 3-0 take sign is dumb. When you get the green light 3-0 you’re looking for one pitch and one pitch only, a fastball in your favorite spot to crush one. Swinging at a 3-0 change-up, even a bad one, will almost always result in a ball hit off the sweet spot or off balanced and your teammates wondering if it’s your first time playing baseball. Not much looks worse than making an out on a 3-0 pitch, especially on a change-up. 3-0 take is usually the right call, taking a 3-0 change-up is always the right decision. Dave is a good read at FanGraphs, he just missed here. Nice  &  Miss Separating and correcting good and bad baseball analysis for you one internet post at a time.