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heehehe..this by the book crap is out of control. They were saying on the radio this morning that now closers start the 9th to get 3 outs and that they aren't used to pitching from the stretch. Whose fault is that? A manager refuses to use a closer in anything but the ninth inning all year and then gets into a postseason situation where he needs that guy to win a game, and he doesn't go to him because he's not sure he's comfortable from the stretch? It's crazy!
The Angels absolutely needed game one. People were saying he should have been in there to face Giambi. I would have had Percival in at Jeter. The argument by Scioscia was that he would have burned his closer early in a series...you worry about late in a series when you get there. Especially a playoff rookie team playing the Yankees, you take wins when you can get them.
Bad move, and he will end up learning the hard way after the Angels get sent home for the year.
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