One year after

So one year after Boston finished as the AL Wild Card winner....Boston is the AL Wild Card winner. I would have preferred a one-game playoff to decide the East, but them's the breaks. That's what you get for losing to Tampa Bay and Toronto down the stretch.

I still miss Pedro, DLowe to a lesser extent. Just for kicks, here are stats for those two compared to the three pitchers brought in to replace them :

Martinez 15-8, 2.82 ERA
Lowe 12-15, 3.61 ERA
total: 27-23
50 decisions

Clement 13-6, 4.57 ERA
Wells 15-7, 4.45 ERA
Miller 4-4, 4.95 ERA
total: 32-17
49 decisions


Did Theo make the right call? The Sox are back in the postseason. They finished 95-67, same as the Yankees. The record was three games worse than 2004 and the same as 2003.