His staff has been outcoached and his pitchers have not hit the plate.
Gammons had a column in ESPN.com today that talked about how the sox coaches have put together a game plan that has worked very well.
Sppan was getting it over the plate, just right where the Sox could smack it around, albeit mostly long fly outs.
The gameplan isn't too complicated. Steal Game 1 with Wake on the mound, win the two starts from Pedro and Curt, be as patient at the plate against the Cards as you have been all season. That's the plan. It's not more complicated than that. They compared Game 7 of the NLCS to WS Game 3 last night. Astros hitters were chasing balls in the dirt (same exact pitches), but we weren't, so Suppan had to get the ball higher to get the strike-- and Manny said, "thank you."