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So Tito Francona decides that some players need a rest. So he sits 3 of his All-stars (Varitek, Manny, and Damon), as well as Renteria...ALL IN THE SAME GAME....against the second place Orioles. I am sure a lineup that includes Alex Cora, John Olerud, Doug Mirabelli, and Adam Stern really struck fear into the hearts of the Orioles. But those 4, combined with Kevin Millar who was playing left field in Manny's place (hmm, what's less valuable, a first baseman who hits nothing but singles, or a left fielder who hits nothing but singles?) combined to go 0 for 11.They could have done worse, but the crappy game got crappy rained out after 6, giving the Sox a crappy loss in a game that it seems crappy Francona wanted to lose. The team went 3 for 20 (hey the regulars batted .333!), so Wells mediocre effort didn't stand up. How frustrating.
Oh well, it's not like games against the second place team in the division are important.
posted by Darlucky at 7/07/2005 10:34:00 PM
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About the bullpen thing. I was listening to the game on the radio and the Mets announcers predicted that that was what Willie was going to do before it happened. They also said, to their credit, that this was not against the rules, but that it should be.
Of course, Frank Robinson doesn't have a whole lot to complain about after he tried the same thing by failing to insert a pinch hitter earlier in the game. He let the 8 hitter, Cipnicki hit, never put a PH on deck. Cipnicki is promptly retired and it was something like 4 or 5 minutes before the next batter entered the batters box. Just a crazy, crazy game.
On the Mets awful baseball, their baserunning reminded me of a game in highschool where we turned a 4-3-5-6-2 triple play. A product of some horrific baserunning.
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