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The belated wisdom (which was still useless)Adil Rashid had struck Mahmudullah on the side of his front pad, and umpire Sharfuddoula raised his finger. Mahmudullah was on his way out, showing anger at himself by punching his bat. But suddenly he looked at the dressing room, turned around and took the review. On first view, it would look as if the ball had struck Mahmudullahs gloves in his attempt to paddle Rashid, but a side-on view confirmed why Sharfuddoula and Mahmudullah were right. The ball struck his pad and would have hit between middle and leg.The swatMashrafe Mortazas trouble facing the short ball has been around for more than a decade, and he has found different ways to combat this problem. Today, he employed the swat against Chris Woakes when Bangladesh were in desperate need of boundaries. But it was a shot that even he didnt think would end up where he intended: deep midwicket. He was looking behind him, thinking it had taken the top edge and gone behind the wicketkeeper. It went to midwicket where Jonny Bairstows misfield gave them the required boundary.The victims of the lengthEngland bowlers picked up several wickets using the shorter length. Chris Woakes removed Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes while Jake Ball and Ben Stokes removed Mushfiqur Rahim and even Shakib Al Hasan with deliveries of similar length. And so did Rashid, though he was fortunate to have Mosaddek Hossains wicket with a slow, short ball. The batsman tonked it right down deep midwickets throat.The confrontationBangladesh awaited the third umpires decision on Jos Buttler, who was struck in front with the leg-stump exposed. The batsmen and the fielders awaited the call. The Bangladesh dressing room started celebrating and from that the players in the middle started too. Mahmudullah was standing towards the batsmen, when he turned towards them and clenched his fists. After the on-field umpire made the signal, Buttler started to walk towards the Bangladesh fielders angrily. 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Chicago Cubs skipper Joe Maddon considers managing the bullpen his biggest concern on a daily basis, and its all magnified in October when one decision backfiring can mean the end of the line.Thats what happened when Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter used six other relievers in an 11-inning loss at the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL wild-card game, leaving Zach Britton in the bullpen despite the All-Star closers 47 for 47 save success rate and 0.54 ERA in the regular season. Showalter was immediately second-guessed by everyone except his fellow managers who know their next call to the bullpen could be scrutinized just as much.I never question what anyone else does because youve got to make tough decisions, said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, who got a five-out save and a six-out win from closer Roberto Osuna in the AL Division Series against Texas. You know what, most people dont ever agree with your decisions regardless.Showalter said playing on the road and the course of the game affected the decision-making process, not his philosophy. Across the majors, traditional closer practices are being challenged.In Game 1 of the Indians ALDS against the Boston Red Sox, Clevelands Terry Francona brought Andrew Miller into the game in the fifth inning because hes really good. Miller threw two scoreless innings and got the victory, brushing off the idea that what he did was unprecedented.The playoffs are a different animal, Miller said. Theres 30 closers, and most teams have a setup man. Theres seven (relievers) for most teams. The other five guys have to pitch from the first inning to the ninth every day. ... Whenever Tito asks anybody to pitch, were all going to be ready to go.Maddon tends to be less tolerant in the playoffs than usual and everyone has a shorter leash. Rookie Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has learned quickly that this time of year, you act a little more aggressively.Francona going to Miller in the fifth was about as aggressive as it comes, though players wonder if its more the start of a trend than aan anomaly.ddddddddddddBullpens are being used a lot differently than they have in the past, as far as when youre going to use guys and when youre going to get your closer in the game for five outs, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner said. The whole closer-pitches-the-ninth-inning thing, (it) doesnt mean those are always the biggest three outs of the game. Sometimes those three outs come in the eighth or the seventh.After preparing him with inning-plus saves during the season, Roberts wasnt afraid to use closer Kenley Jansen for two outs in the eighth and then three in the ninth in the Dodgers win over the Washington Nationals in Game 1 of the NLDS. That same night, the Nationals Dusty Baker put closer Mark Melancon in while trailing in the ninth to get important outs and give his team a better chance.Days off during the playoffs make it different than the regular season as far as bullpen usage, Baker said. Then theres also the immediacy of the situation that takes over.Theres in essence no tomorrow, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. So you may have the ability and the luxury to be a little bit quicker with some of your decisions, not balancing recovery or rest.Roberts bases decisions off his staff, his pitching coach and his gut. Sometimes a managers gut backfires, like when the New York Mets Terry Collins put closer Jeurys Familia into a tied NL wild-card game and watched as he allowed a three-run homer to the San Francisco Giants Conor Gillaspie.Hes got 51 saves and over 90 saves in two years? Ill take that, said Collins, while acknowledging Familias three blown saves against the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series. He was the guy I wanted out there in the ninth inning, and well try to do a better job to make sure hes a little more rested going into the postseason.With no perfect recipe for relief, managers often resort to using top-tier starters out of the bullpen. The Blue Jays did it with David Price and the Mets with Noah Syndergaard last year, and over time that strategy has had mixed success.Managers generally want to put their players in the best positions to succeed. What pitchers want is the ball when it matters, no matter the situation.To me it doesnt matter -- sometimes it is in the seventh or the eighth, those might be the toughest times, Jansen said. Youve just got to put in your best pitcher. ' ' '