iembalm wrote:Absolutely as good a reason as any to root for Boston.
Yeah.
I was all set to root for the Rockies, but this God shit has ruined it for me.
I am an interested but neutral observer.
Who to sit?
Can't sit Lowell--trading a very good 3B for someone who doesn't really play the position doesn't work.
Trading a good defensive 1B for a below-average defensive 1B is much less of a problem, even if the latter guy has a bad wheel.
Therefore, I think they need to go off the starting pitchers.
Youkilis hits lefties and righties almost equivalently well.
Ortiz destroys righties and is just real good against lefties. But he's a lot better at Fenway, as well.
Hmmmm...
Dice-K is a strikeout pitcher, so fewer fielding opps for 1B, with Fogg (a righty) going for Colorado. I would start Ortiz in game 3. Can always put Youkilis in if Colorado has to go to Affeldt or Morales in long relief, or if they go to Fuentes in a key spot.
Lester lets guys put the ball in play. Cook (righty) is penciled in for Colorado. If Ortiz seems truly compromised at 1B (or just doesn't hit well) in a Boston loss in game 3, then I start Youkilis in game 4. If Boston wins game 3, I probably start Ortiz regardless.
If there's a game 5, Francis is starting, and I start Youkilis.