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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Pedro in the 7th? God, I hate Francona.

This has to be one of the worst managerial moves in the history of baseball. Why energize the crowd when you are up by 7 and don't need Pedro. Save him for the WS.

The only thing I could think of is that Francona was trying to give Pedro a confidence boost. If he goes in and has a great inning, then he is the man again. But that didn't happen, so now how does he feel? Like they won despite him?