Also, I'll never understand how Farrell can be knocked for favoring Gomes over Nava that postseason. Neither of them did much, but Gomes's 3-run homer in Game 4 of the Series was huge. And it came off a RH pitcher.
That gorilla suit stuff means nothing to me. All I care about is his overall record. And his overall record with the Sox was sensational. 2 championships, 4 trips to the ALCS, worst season 86 wins.
I'm not sure why you mentioned Drew's bat here. He had an excellent season. He slumped badly in the postseason (as did most of our hitters), but his defence was outstanding.
And yet there are so many in game decisions that can have an impact in close ones like last night.
-Did he remove Pomeranz too early?
-Were Kelly and Buchholz the right choices?
-Should Hill have pinch-hit in the 8th?
Buch has been bumped out of the rotation, they traded for a guy to replace him, he's hardly pitched in July. I highly doubt he's in their plans for next year.
Sig bet on them exercising the option or not?