Interesting seeing Francona managing a game in which his bullpen failed him. Boy, do I remember that happening when he was in Boston. Despite managing the WS that broke the 86 year curse and then winning a 2d WS, it never failed--when a reliever blew a lead there was a cry on boston.com to get rid of the idiot manager. I remember once writing that the standard for any good manager was simple: win every single game or else.
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One game, and Arroyo goes from .545 to .623.
JBJ, is sadly back below .590 (.588)
Pivetta has learned how to keep the team in a game while not being at his sharpest. No BBs is a great sign.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
Yep. Yes, I did mean BDC, boston.com
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