Trouble At The Trop
Tonight was definitely a frustrating one, for Red Sox fans especially. I was frustrated when they put in Timlin in the bottom of the eleventh, and you know the Rays' walk-off history. I almost had a heart attack when I saw Jacoby bunt the ball right off his helmet. All we need is our lead-off man out of the line-up. I was at work so I didn't see every detail othe game, was Timlin our last option? The guy hasn't pitched since September 28th. I would have let Lugo pitch before i let Timlin pitch. (ok maybe not) But there were some good things that happened for us. Dustin Pedroia, coming out of his postseason shell, delivered 2 homers for us. This was definitely an Ameican League game, i'll tell you that. Beckett wasn't the dominant pitcher we know him to be, but did you expect any better? I just say that because he has been hurting, and he obviously isn't 100% yet. He still put up a fight, and stayed in the game longer because of our great offense. And how about John Farrell? He definitely had an argument, and tensions were high, but we needed him, especially in extra innings. Well, we go back to Boston with a split in the series, which IS better than being down 0-2, so i'll take it. I have no doubt in my mind that Lester will be lights out tomorrow. Knock on wood!

Having Lugo pitch would have yielded the same result. Timlin should go away. If the Sox advance to the World Series, Francona should drop him and take David Aardsma or Michael Bowden instead.
Steve T
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