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Wakefield never started against the Yankees, Arroyo did. And El Duque wass a non factor, as he was dealing with shoulder problems down the stretch that forced him off the ALDS roster, and led to his subpar start in the ALCS. EDIT: And I mentioned the other guys because you said those two were worse than what the Yankees had, so (because they both didn't start in the ALCS) I assumed you were just talking about the bottom of each team's rotation.
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Going into the playoffs the Yankees five starters were... Mike Mussina 98 ERA+ Jon Lieber 104 ERA+ Kevin Brown 110 ERA+ Javier Vazquez 92 ERA+ Esteban Loaiza 82 ERA+ (53 with the Yankees) Now the Red Sox's starters... Curt Schilling 150 ERA+ Pedro Martinez 125 ERA+ Bronson Arroyo 121 ERA+ Tim Wakefield 100 ERA+ Derek Lowe 92 ERA+ That is an enormous disparity.
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Well the top of the rotation for the Red Sox is much better, which is what matters in a short series. As for the last part, that isn't true either. Tim Wakefield 2004 ERA+: 100 Derek Lowe 2004 ERA+: 90 Javier Vazquez 2004 ERA+: 92 Esteban Loaiza 2004 ERA+ (with Yankees): 53
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http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1996_NLCS.shtml Is exactly what this series reminds me of, and I expect the same result.
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El Duque was pitching with a bad shoulder, and gave up three runs in the fifth inning before exiting in Game 4. Mussina was decent in Game 5, but gave up two runs in the first inning, and couldn't complete seven. Sure, Jon Lieber and Mike Mussina pitched well in the series, but they were average pitchers that season. Here are the ERA+'s of each teams top three starters that year. Yankees: 98 104 110 *Two of those guys missed time in September, and the one with the best ERA+ is Kevin Brown... Red Sox: 150 125 121 Regardless of what happened in that series, the Red Sox's starting pitching was clearly superior to what the Yankees had. Again, I'll reiterate my position once again. The greatest comeback in MLB postseason history is the 2004 Red Sox in the ALCS. In all likelihood, nothing will ever match it. All I'm saying is that the Red Sox, on the strength of their starting pitching, were the better team.
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Time for the Yankees to channel their inner Red Sox. "Don't let us win tonight." ~ Kevin Millar
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OK back to Texas. Nice to see some fight from this bunch.
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And the additions of the two seamer and four seamer have made him even better.
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And the only run was a Figgins bloop single and a two out ground ball single by Vlad.
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Haha I'd be surprised, but we can discuss going back to Texas after he gets those outs.
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Still think it should have been Rivera, but Kerry Wood sure proved me wrong lol.
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I don't understand not starting this inning with Rivera.
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I mean, they shouldn't, but Robertson has been pretty damn good this postseason. Got beat on some (mostly) soft hits in Game 3.
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And him having four days off prior to this game.