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« Killing the Golden Goose | Main | Do You Believe In Miracles? » October 20, 2004Stupid, Really Stupid, and Francona StupidSomebody please explain this to me. The Red Sox put eight runs across through six innings, making a fairly strong case that they will still be playing baseball this coming Saturday. Schilling won't be available, but Martinez would be, so the Sox could still get two starts each from Schilling and Martinez in the World Series. Instead, Francona brings Pedro in to pitch the seventh despite Lowe cruising through six, meaning that Pedro won't be available any sooner than game three of the World Series. Better yet, Pedro gives up back to back doubles to start the inning, and a single brings in a third run. The only explanation I can offer is that Steinbrenner has paid off Grady Little and Terry Francona over the past two years, because even a complete mental defective couldn't be as stupid as they've been in these Game Sevens. Absolutely unbelievable. Posted at October 20, 2004 09:06 PM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsThis is late but in watching that game, the only thing I could come up with was that perhaps Pedro wanted to get out on the mound and exorcise the 'who's yer daddy?' thing. It was clear the Yankee fans got into his head in the previous game (easy to do when you hold the door for them...). So I suspect he wanted one last shot at shutting them up, which he didn't manage to pull off quite in the style he might have wanted though at least he got out of there before he cost the Sox the game. Posted by: JSAllison at October 25, 2004 11:00 AM Post a comment |
