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Baseball Musings
October 21, 2008
Maddon on Price

Joe Maddon won't name David Price his closer for the World Series:

Maddon said he does not want to anoint Price the closer because he would be leery of bringing him back on consecutive days. And he wants to leave other options open.

"If a critical situation came up in the seventh and eighth inning when the Phillies had their lefties up, I would use him there," Maddon said.

Good. I liked the fact that Francona was willing to use Papelbon in a non-save situation in game five (even though he allowed two runs to score). Sometimes the game is on the line in the seventh, and using your best pitcher there is the right move.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:50 AM | World Series | TrackBack (0)
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