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Just because Ned Yost botched this particular double switch doesn't per se mean that the decision to double switch is always a brilliant strategy move that is wonderfully unpredictable as to when it gets applied. In fact, I would even argue the opposite here: Ned Yost tried to play the National League manager game by pushing the button at the exact same time every actual National League manager would have pushed that same button. It's just that in this case, a baseball writer with 20-20 hindsight criticized the move that, again, is the default pushbutton move that always gets made in this same situation, because of the rule that pitchers have to bat in that league.