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Posted By: PASJD

As a Bostonian I am as thrilled as anyone over last night's win, but will someone explain to me what on EARTH Terry Francona was thinking bringing in Pedro. One, why take out a man throwing a one-hitter who has only thrown 68 pitches? Two, why with a huge lead do you put in a guy who is going to start a game in a couple of days. Three, why ignite the crowd and pump up the Yankees, which he had to know was going to happen? Four, given Pedro's history against the Yankees (anyone recall last year's game 7?) why take the risk (which was promptly borne out as the Yankees started taking batting practice against him? Was it a case of a manager being cowed by a star player who apparently asked to be used? A case of Francona wanting to rub it in the Yankees' face? Is there ANY rational explanation?

By the way, that NLCS is something else too, what a year. I would love to see Clemens win tonight.