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An Open Letter To Eric Wedge
An Open Letter To Eric Wedge
One final attempt to convince Wedge to come to his senses and not have Joe Borowski attempt to close games against the Yankees.
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Det er Tribe Time nå!
Mistake by the Lake Sporting Times — ... (Here's a good example, from Vegas Watch, the same blog I linked above: An Open Letter To Eric Wedge. After reading this, I think, "I couldn't have said it better myself." So why should I try?) ...

Vegas Watch: An Open Letter To Eric Wedge
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogVegas Watch: An Open Letter To Eric Wedge The rubbing out of Bayonne Joe Borowski...the biggest Vegas hit since Spilotro s heyday. You seem like a pretty reasonable guy. I thought you kept giving Trot Nixon regular ABs for too long, and you have a weird tendency to pinch-run for your best hitters in the 7th inning, but if those are two of my biggest complaints this year, you re probably doing a decent job. That being said, what you re about to do is completely insane. You plan on going into a playoff series against the New York Yankees with Joe Borowski as your closer. This, in itself, isn t all that unreasonable. After all, if that s your best guy, what are you gonna do? That s Shapiro s fault, not yours. Borowski is not your best reliever. You know this. In the clincher, you kept Betancourt in for the ninth. I know it was a four run lead, and thus wouldn t have been a save situation if Borowski had co ...

Baseball Today: Thursday, October 4
Projo Sox Blog — ... DEAR ERIC: The blog Vegas Watch writes an open letter to Eric Wedge in which it pleads with the Indians manager not to use Joe Borowski as his closer against the Yankees. ...

Playoff Yardwork: Three Snoozers
The Big Lead — ... Indians-Yankees open their series tonight, and there is concern about the Tribe’s bullpen. A-Rod ...

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Well, that's one way to avoid Borowski . . .
ShysterBall — ... Some have suggested that the presence of Joe Borowski in the Tribe's bullpen will cost them the ALDS. The Indians, it seems, have taken this advice to heart and have decided not to even give him a chance to pitch in save situations:

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