Word: bullpenã
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...with two innings left. It was one of the greatest moments—if not the pinnacle—of my sports-watching life; we exchanged hugs with the two Sox fans sitting behind us and tried to contain our excitement. The Sox bullpen??€”led by Mike Timlin and Scott Williamson—was red-hot in the playoffs, and I thought the pen would undoubtedly close down the Yankee threat in the last two innings to put the Sox in the Fall Classic for the first time in seventeen years...
...example, with the Sox trailing by just two runs in the sixth inning of Game 6, Little appeared to wave the white flag on the season by inserting the indomitably terrible Todd Jones—despite having a well-rested and talented corps in the rest of the bullpen??€”into the game. Jones had submitted an embarrassing 7.08 ERA in the regular season, he was on the playoff roster only because Byung-Hyun Kim was injured, and he had not yet appeared in the playoffs. Not surprisingly, he quickly put two men on base, and this idiotic move...
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