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Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch
In terms of a playoff team needing pitching help, wake up ORS. Why did he only get 3IP then? If he was so critical to a team that needed BP help for the stretch, why was he hardly even touched? Your excuse is bullshit. And you always rag on me for small sample sizes, wake up and smell the hypocrisy. His "amazing stint" in AA before he was called up was a grand total of 9IP with a hit per inning. That should tell you something. The sox rushed him. Dont cover it up. Dont BS it away. He was rushed. And now look at him. Showing uncanny control issues, something he hasnt had to this degree since his freshman yr at college.
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They didn't have BP issues that year?
Funny, I recall stating it was a small sample, so your attempt at labeling me a hypocrite is reaching. I'll tell you why he didn't get more than 3 IP. One, he didn't pitch well after the good start against Tampa. Two, Francona suffers from the same aversion to youngsters that Torre does. The Sox played a lot of close games down the stretch, and Francona was only using him when the game was in hand either way. He wasn't going to replace Timlin, who was closing, or Papelbon, who was setting up. The hope was that he could provide some stability to the MRP corps, but, like I said, it didn't work out.
It's not an excuse, Jacko. It just provides some perspective that you so conveniently ignore with your 20/20 hindsight analysis.