No fan of John Farrell.  If you're gonna bring in Sale in relief to pitch that long, c'mon, just start him then, right?

At least you get why RSox brought in Sale--they had to win.  But why's Hou using Verlander in relief?  You're blowing your game 5 starter is a game that you absolutely positively don't hafta win to try to win a game that you positively absolutely don't hafta win.  It's nuts.

Some of these managers today, I mean, what's going on in their heads.  You gotta think winning the series, not winning the game.  Sometimes, things just work out in your favour through no credit as to what you did but rather in spite of.

Then, other managers, caught up in the new paradigm, they monkey what others did based on the results achieved without examining anything closer than that.

There is a world beyond the end of your nose....