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Originally Posted by guccilvr
So you're telling me that you honestly think that Cleveland's bullpen is better than Boston's?? Dude.. pass the blunt. Seriously. Boston's team ERA is 3.87 while Cleveland's is 4.07.
Manny is hitting .417 against the Indians, add that to the fact that Ortiz is hitting well and when Ellsbury gets in the game, the bases will be stolen. Pedroia will produce some good AB's.
Sure I don't think there will be any blowouts but after watching how hard Sabathia had to pitch for 5 innings against the skanks, I see Boston getting a couple off of him. Boston is just as patient at the plate if not more so than NY.
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I had a similar reaction to this comment. Assuming that both team's starters go deep into the games (which is reasonable) I would take Boston's late ining tandem of Okajima and Paplebon over Cleveland's any day. Borowski got 45 saves, but his ERA was two or three TIMES Papelbon's, and always appears to be a walk-off hit waiting to happen. Any Cleveland fan who says that this doesn't concern them a little is either lying or crazy, especially when they do not have homefield advantage.