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BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 10/9/2007 on joeposnanski.com

This is an ode to Eric Wedge. Monday night in New York, he did absolutely nothing that I, as a fan, agreed with. Nothing. He started Paul Byrd when I was sure he should have gone with C.C. Sabathia on short rest. He played Kelly Shoppach because he’s Paul Byrd’s personal catcher, which just seemed comical and absurd to me (I honestly thought you had to be like Steve Carlton or Bob Gibson to ...