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YahooI will admit to being an avid Indians fan, but that doesn't effect my thoughts on this subject. I'd be of the same opinion if the exact same thing happened to C. C. Sabathia in Yankee Stadium. Of course Bruce Froemming was right.
Who on this planet doesn't know that on a warm summer or fall evening bugs can be present - sometimes in great quantities. And bugs don't only go after just one player or one team (When it comes to baseball, midges tend to remain fairly neutral). In the great outdoors, bugs are not unlike the wind - they come, they go, they ebb, they flow. And no one (umpire, player, team owner, league official or network executive) has any control over them.
The better players have the ability to maintain their concentration and tough it out, just as you have to tough it out when it's too hot, too cold or too loud. (Can you imagine hearing Bob Gibson or Nolan Ryan cry that he couldn't get the job done because the bugs bothered him?)
Some will say that this is the same as rain or snow and the game shold be delayed, but they are missing an important point. A wet ball due to rain and the inability to see during a snowstorm are SAFETY issues and are therefore legitimate reasons to delay a game.
If one of your players is such a baby that he can't deal with the bugs, then take him out and put in someone who can. Torre did not have to stick with Joba Chamberlain. He could have gone with a pitcher with a greater ability to concentrate and tough out a less than ideal environment. He did not and the Yankees paid the price.
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