Texas Rose on Lava L's Journal: CALL THE FUCKING BULLPEN

So we have another early Christmas present in the MLB playoffs, this time from the Boston Red Sox to the Yankees. Ok. Let's say you're managing a major league baseball team. It's the 8th inning. Your starting pitcher has pitched a good game, but he's in trouble now, having allowed 6 of the last 8 batters to get base hits. Do you...

(a) Call the bullpen and send in a reliever, or
(b) Leave your starting pitcher in the game so the other team can get 3 more runs?

It would seem (a) is the obvious choice... but the Red Sox went with (b), and let the damn Yankees tie the game. And just like the play I wrote about in my last journal, it happened with 1 out in the 8th inning, with the Red Sox being 5 outs away from the World Series.

I'm telling you, these teams are cursed. The Curse of the Goat is for real. The Curse of the Gambino is just as real.

Update: Yeah, they blew it. 6-5 Yankees in 11. Congratulations to Pedro Martinez for pitching 7 solid innings. Goatse to the Red Sox manager for leaving him in longer than that.