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I don't think we'll see Lowell sit at all. He's just been too good with RISP and his defense is superb. Francona is looking back at 2004 when Ortiz stepped up to the challenge at first and did a decent job. Now since his knee is bothering him, I look for Youk to come in once a decent lead (if any) is established. Give Boston a 3 run lead and Ortiz will sit. If he does sit an entire game look for it to be in game 4. Or.. maybe Francona should keep Youk in there while Matsusaka pitches..might be more conducive to his style of pitching. Does it really matter now? With Youk hitting almost as good as Ortiz right now I really don't think it's even an important issue anymore.
Last night's game was great. The pitcher for Colorado had some great stuff and Schilling was phenomenal. The man just gets it done! How about Okajima.. goddamn.. I know John Henry is laughing his ass off at his 2.2 million investment doing as well as he is. What a steal.
Drew is finally starting to hit also.. with all these factors, I'm starting to think this will be done in 5. I picked 6 to begin with, but now I just don't know.
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