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Monday, October 27, 2003
I was as dumbfounded as anyone when Red Sox manager Grady Little stuck with Pedro Martinez in the ALCS. It was obvious that Pedro was out of gas, to everyone except Pedro, and apparently Little. That being said, I don't think firing him was the right thing to do. Living in the Northeast, I have an unusual exposure to everything Yankee - Red Sox. The passions about the game of baseball, and the AL East, rival the passions of UT - Florida, and Bama - Auburn. So, I could call this a knee-jerk reaction to a manager's poor judgment. But I can't help but to wonder if there is something more, behind the scenes, that contributed to Little's dismissal. I mean, the players love him. You can't argue that he wasn't successful. Look at his record: in Little's two years as Red Sox manager, Boston was 93-69 and 95-67. So they lost in game seven, and he gets canned? The Red Sox fans are frustrated by years of ineptitude in the postseason. They always seem to fall short. But to take the frustration out on one man, because of one decision, is wrongheaded.Labels: Archives_2003
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Dave
12:35 PM
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