Terry
Francona and Dave Roberts are earning headlines this postseason for using
relievers beyond an inning. They’re even
going so far as to make their closers go two.
Wow, finally, managers are starting to challenge the LaRussian notion of
matchups. Who knows where this will lead
to?
Smaller
pitching staffs? Bigger benches? Strategy based on late-inning defensive
substitutions; pinch runners; pinch hitters; and/or platooning? I can only hope. Then, everything I remember from my youth
will be in vogue again. I can’t wait to
see who the next Smokey Burgess and Ray Oyler will be.
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