Long hair is what sets us apart from the Yankees.
Speaking of which, if you click on Joey Gallo's B-R page, it shows him with beard and mustache in a Yankees cap. It's comical.
He put Pedro in an awful position. Pedro was old school enough not to ask out of the game. But doofus Grady somehow missed that Pedro thought he was out of the game after the 7th!
Like I say, Pedro wasn't finishing the game. Ergo, Grady needed to turn to the pen.
After the hit by Williams, Grady went out to the mound to talk to Pedro. That's not what a manager is supposed to do. He's supposed to make up his own mind.
The pen was lights-out that postseason. It is what it is.
I think the real bottom line is that there was no possible way Pedro was finishing that game, considering he was at 123 pitches with 5 outs left. So Grady had to rely on the pen, he had no choice. He just didn't do it soon enough.
Pitching is crucial, but it's a team game.
I don't think we would have gotten out of that 2004 ALCS without Ortiz...and so on.
I'm surprised you're going down this road.
I'm not sure that's a serious question, but for a couple of recent examples:
2019 JD OPS .939
2015 Ortiz OPS .913
So it would be a "they were not the problem" thing.