Pitching Management

What the hell? First of all, I think he gave up on Arroyo way too quickly. What do you think it's going to do to him if he ends up pitching again in this series? He gives up a couple of hits and he's going to be looking to the dugout to see if he's being pulled. Second, if you're going to put Wake out there, why not do it in the 3rd inning? Why try to get outs from Mendoza and Letspanic this early on in the game? This truely makes no sense to me.

I would find it hard to believe that even the way Arroyo was pitching he would have made a bigger mess than this. 11 runs in 4 innings? And how many times did this pitching staff think they could tempt fate by putting runners on ahead of Sheffield?

Then on top of all this, what is the purpose of walking Posada? In my experience, one of the worst things you can do to a reliever is make him intentionally walk one of the first batters he faces. And after he was making some nice pitches, and got Bernie Williams to pop out.

If the Sox cannot pull this game out, I'm not sure what happens next. Clearly Wakefield cannot pitch tomorrow, so what will it be? If they are down 3-0 you cannot possibly throw Lowe out there, so it would have to be Pedro. Not that I'm giving up, these middle innings are where the Yankees pitchers are most vulnerable, and I don't think a 5 run lead is too far out for this lineup to catch them.