Fredi Gonzalez has no regrets about not using Craig Kimbrel in Game 4 - MLB

Of course he doesn’t:

Just asked Fredi Gonzalez if he would do anything different in 8th inning vs Dodgers. “No, not at all” #Braves

— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) October 9, 2013

I asked Fredi what’s difference between 6 and 4-out save: It’s a lot. They way I handle things, I try 2 put guys in position 2 B successful

— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) October 9, 2013

I dunno. I’ve watched Craig Kimbrel pitch for a few years now and there are scant few situations in which he isn’t impressively, even terrifyingly successful compared to other relief pitchers. And Kimbrel himself seemed to think he’d be just fine in that situation.

But Fredi’s no dummy. If he says today, two days after messing up, that he messed up it would alert his corporate overlords to some sort of malfunction with their managerial unit and could cause them to put in a requisition for a replacement part. That would be sub-optimal!

Nope, as long as everyone with the Braves acts as if things are going just fine then they’re going just fine.

Minnesota’s Josh Donaldson managed to get ejected while hitting a home run.

Donaldson barked at plate umpire Dan Bellino for the second time in the sixth inning of a 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

With the score 2-2, Bellino called a strike when the 2015 AL MVP checked his swing on a 2-0 pitch from Reynaldo Lopez.

Manager Rocco Baldelli came out to speak with Bellino, and Donaldson homered down the left-field line on the next offering. After rounding the bases, Donaldson kicked dirt at home plate as he crossed it.

Bellino ejected him immediately, and Donaldson, realizing he had missed home plate, returned to the plate to touch it and then argued as he kicked more dirt on it.

Donaldson also had argued with Bellino on a 1-1 breaking ball in the first inning that appeared to be high but was called a strike, leading to a strikeout.

“We need Josh on the field, out there playing, and at third base,” Baldelli said. “That’s when we’re at our best. And so that’s really the end of it. I think we can move past it at his point, and go from here.”