Lee was willing. The manager chose not to as Lee had never done it before.
There would have been.
Pitchers who don’t do it regularly seem to shine when they go out on short rest. What was he saving it for, marriage?
Interesting trade rumors. The Yankees are supposedly interested in Curtis Granderson.
I’m dying to hear the reasoning here. Are you saying that if he’d pitched game for, they would have won game four AND game five even though Lee no longer pitches game five? Because like I said earlier, they didn’t win a single game he didn’t start. Do you think Blanton or Martinez would have magically pitched better knowing Lee had been good the previous game and would be there to pitch the seventh game? Because even if Lee pitches three games, they needed to win a game behind someone else in order to force a game seven.
“Yankees interested in expensive, talented players. Pope still Catholic.”
By the way, this stuff is now being discussed in the Hot Stove League thread.
Granderson is 272 life time. he hit 30 HRs this year. He turns singles into doubles and doubles into triples with his speed. He covers the outfield pretty well. His on base percentage is low for a leadoff hitter. He is only 28 so he can get even better. I wonder what the Yanks would give up? Tigers need a left hand power hitter. That is kind of what Grandy has become. He is still signed for the next 2 years ,I think.