Monday, October 01, 2007
Francona Makes Questionable Decision
Within the last hour Red Sox manager Terry Francona announced that Daisuke Matsuzaka would start Game 2 of the ALDS, not veteran right-hander Cut Schilling. Dice-K, the rookie, is 15-12 with a 4.40 ERA in 2007, whereas Curt Schilling is 9-8 with a 3.87 ERA in 24 starts this season. However, Schilling boasts an 8-2 post-season record, including two World Series championships.
The announcement caught me off guard because Curt was scratched from his start yesterday after Boston had clinched the AL's best record Saturday night. The thought was that he was scratched in order to make him available for Game 2 on Friday. Instead, he will pitch Game 3, and of course Josh Beckett would pitch Game 1, and Game 4 if necessary.
I would rather see Schilling pitch twice in the ALDS, however, if Beckett or Dice-K doesn't do well, Curt Schilling would be waiting in Anaheim for the Angels' number 3 starter, looking to get Boston back in the series, or give them a 2-1 lead. On the other side of that, if Boston is up 2-0, Curt Schilling would be looking to seal the deal. Then again, Dice-K has had one good start in recent memory.
Hopefully this doesn't come back to haunt the Red Sox.
The announcement caught me off guard because Curt was scratched from his start yesterday after Boston had clinched the AL's best record Saturday night. The thought was that he was scratched in order to make him available for Game 2 on Friday. Instead, he will pitch Game 3, and of course Josh Beckett would pitch Game 1, and Game 4 if necessary.
I would rather see Schilling pitch twice in the ALDS, however, if Beckett or Dice-K doesn't do well, Curt Schilling would be waiting in Anaheim for the Angels' number 3 starter, looking to get Boston back in the series, or give them a 2-1 lead. On the other side of that, if Boston is up 2-0, Curt Schilling would be looking to seal the deal. Then again, Dice-K has had one good start in recent memory.
Hopefully this doesn't come back to haunt the Red Sox.
3 Comments:
Gotta start Curt in Game 2. Bloody Sock my friends, bloody sock.
no, schilling pitches really well in anaheim check his stats..the only bad outing he had in l.a was just after he came off the d.l...secondly, i'm not buying the koolaide about the indians beating the yanks...so maybe some of these choices could be because if we get out of the alds we maybe facing the yanks... so lets calm down get out of the first round and prepare for the worst i.e. yanks and pray the indians win...
Yes, but Dice-Ks ERA is also about a run higher at home
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