[Peace will be here soon]

I thought it was unwise to bring Wakefield in. It is not so much that someone can figure him out, it is that knuckleballers are unpredictable. Sometimes they are on and sometimes off. In this situation, you want a sure thing, someone reliable. Wakefield is not by any means. A knuckleballer is not a reliever. No way should he have been in there. Red Sox fans will be furious over this call, already seen it here on FR.

[litany_of_lies]

Wasn't Scott Williamson (Cincy's gift to Boston, like Boone was Cincy's gift to the Yanks) available?

[fhayek]

I'm sure Little's thinking was that he had befuddled the Yankees for two games, and that he could hold the fort. But you are right. So much of the knuckleball depends upon elements beyond the pitcher's control (humidity, wind currents,) that makes it a crap shoot in a crucial situation.