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If Pedro got out of the 8th untouched and the Sox won it in 9 are you guys still complaining that Little left him out there too long? Are you still putting forth this argument about how he shouldn't have been out there due to pitch-counts, ownership wishes, and winning formulas? I'm serious, not trying to be a dick..my point is that like in every other baseball decision gone wrong it's easy to second guess. You might call it a cop-out, but if your ace and arguably the most dominant pitcher in the recent history of baseball wants the ball then I give it to him. In the postseason and big spots you need to not rely so heavily on numbers, because it's not just another game. Winning in those spots takes guts and intestinal fortitude. Randy Johnson wanted the ball in 2001. He threw a complete game in game 2 and took the ball to finish out game 7 after throwing the night before. That's just one of many examples I can throw at you. But when you have a pitcher of that caliber and he wants you to entrust the biggest game of the year to him, you do it.. Plain and simple. I dont care if he threw 200 pitches. Another point is that everyone wants to blame Grady for that loss, but even still, there were plenty of chances for you guys to re-take the lead after Pedro left. The offense just couldn't touch Mo in the 9th, 10th, and 11th. And by the logic you guys are throwing out there for the Pedro decision, Mo shouldn't have even been in there for 3 innings, but he WANTED the ball, and got it done. If Mo blows it there's probably tons of people second-guessing that move, just as you guys are with Pedro. But he didn't; sometimes things work out, and sometimes they don't.