ALDS rooting interest poll: Angels-Red Sox

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Y'know, not only is Papelbon a bit of a meathead not to mention a chore to watch as he takes forever to throw each pitch -- but he's not all that good either.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

His fielding-independent pitching (FIP) jumped along with the walk rate, and he gave up a LOT more line drives and fly balls this year before a bunch of cheap save opps the last two months helped those rates out.

Let's just say that it's a good thing trading draft picks isn't allowed. I'd trust Omar even less.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Leave it to John Harper to interpret Francona's decision to choose matchups based on small sample sizes yesterday as the basis for a "Pocket-Protector-Wearing, Bill-James-Worshipping Stat-Nerds Ruin Everything With All Their Statsistics And Stuff" piece.

Just mindblowing.

[Met Hunter]

I could have sworn I saw Gene Mauch and Donnie Moore in the stands yesterday, when Jonathan "let me grab entire handfuls of Variteks ass" Papelbon was ending Boston's season.

Where's Bob Stanley when you need an out?

[apmorris]

The Angels are easily my fav AL team - have been since the dismantled the __________ in '02.
So that was pretty cool, love to see them sweep the _____________ next/again.

and

How awesome was Wagner! and he's a free agent - good luck Billy!

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"Sure, the Henderson thing was in poor taste, but my understanding is that the Angels were lining up Mookie Wilson, Ray Knight, and the guy who sold coke to Len Bias to throw out the first pitch had the series gone to a fifth game"