For those who know...

[rsc]

Last night during the eighth inning I overheard a fan refer to the manager as "Grady Francona".

Cold comfort: the last three World Series have been won by wildcard teams.

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[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

I still maintain that firing Grady Little was a stupid knee-jerk reaction.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Well, although the Established Wisdom is that Little was fired solely for the sin of leaving Pedro in too long in game 7, that's almost surely not true. From what I understand, the front office had decided to replace him because of philosphical differences -- he didn't go along with their "statistical" approach. Now, mind you, if the Sox had won that game, it would have been harder (from a public relations point of view) to fire him; but the loss and the mistake (if it was one, which I think it was) gave them a convenient excuse.