The_BaseBlog's Blog

I'm down with loyalty and what not. And Eric Wedge showed it -- as well as some understandable confidence in his ace C.C. Sabathia.

But I'm also into doing whatever it takes to keep a one-run deficit a one-run deficit of a game that, if won, advances you to the World Series.

Sabathia has shown he's not the money pitcher in the postseason that he is in the regular season. He topped the 100-pitch plateau in the sixth inning, and was due to face the top of that dangerous Boston order in the seventh.

Meanwhile, the Indians' bullpen has shown this postseason that it is indeed money. Whether you want to bring in lefty Rafael Perez or righty Rafael Betancourt, either of those guys would have fared better than Sabathia. So now it's 4-1, still in the top half of the seventh, and I hope this blog post doesn't jinx things.

-- John P. Wise