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Originally Posted by CommishJoe
The Papi situation has to be a thorn in Francona's side. I'm sure he would have loved to put Lowell at DH vs Pettitte. But, thanks to the media firestorm that would have generated, he wasn't able to. That decision just might have cost the Sox the game. Lowell has always hit well vs Pettitte and Ortiz did leave (I think) 4 out of the 5 guys he had in scoring position on the bases. He did knock in their only run, so at least there is something positive.
Still, can the Sox wait till late May like they did last year?
Your starting pitching looks pretty good. Lackey threw a gem the other night.
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I think you are right about the Ortiz situation, Joe.
Ortiz has always done well against the Royals, so we will see how he does in the next series... If he does not start hitting well, Francona will do what he has to do... which is to DH lowell at least against lefty SPs.