I like Tito. He's the only Sox manager I can remember who's gotten better each year he's been in Boston. This is his best year yet in that the lineup isn't as loaded as '04 but the Sox are still one of the most consistently good teams in the league. Sticking with Lugo yesterday in the 8th is something only a manager with a 10 game lead would do (Tito wouldn't have done that with a 2 game lead) and I think it was the correct move. Lugo getting back on track is more important than winning yesterday's game. And even though it didn't pan out, I also agreed with the logic because Lugo had a really good at bat in his previous at bat. And getting him going is really the team's number 1 personnel issue.
Tito is a player's manager, which rubs people the wrong way sometimes, but in Boston you need a guy like that. See Mac, Williams and Houke to see what happens on the other side.