The evidence was beyond the Yankee Stadium wall, in left-center field, where Octavio Dotel warmed up in the visiting bullpen. He stirred one batter into the ninth inning Saturday night, after Russell Martin’s single started the ninth inning from hell for the Detroit Tigers.
Jose Valverde is the Tigers’ closer. He has been since 2010. But it spoke to the depths of his recent struggles that Leyland had another reliever warm up behind him that quickly — even as Detroit held a 4-0 lead.
Leyland was hedging. Turns out, he should have acted even more boldly.
Monday, October 15, 2012
MLB Playoffs: Why Pitching Doesn't Win Championships
It's a line we've heard over and over again. cheap sports jerseys We heard it as kids before we took the field in a big game. We heard it from friends as they tried to justify their team's poor offensive performance, and we heard it from commentators as they tried to add more excitement to a low scoring game. Time jerseys wholesale and time again we've heard that pitching wins championships.
Only, the facts don't seem to back that up.
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