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...irony, though, is that while Ivy League alums like Red Sox GM Theo Epstein (who didn’t play sports at Yale, but did write about them for the Yale Daily News) and Los Angeles GM Paul DePodesta ’95 (who only played JV baseball at Harvard) have embraced sabermetrics as a valuable tool, current Ivy League ball players are much more likely to get drafted by front offices that still rely heavily on tools-based scouting...
Consider, for example, junior infielder Zak Farkes. Farkes was taken in the 39th round by the Boston Red Sox as a draft eligible sophomore last June, after a season in which he batted .342 with a .425 OBP and a .691 slugging percentage in 152 at-bats...
...Then on Tuesday he was spotted at the first game of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) cheering for the New York Yankees. Sadly, he’s picked the wrong team yet again. Because this year, another overpaid dynasty will take its last breath as the Boston Red Sox finally overcome their mental “curse” to beat the Yankees...
Some might have their doubts after the Red Sox dropped the first two games to New York, 10-7 and 3-1. But, doubters, allay your fears; it was by design. Beating the Yankees to win the ALCS (on the way to the first world series victory since 1918, of course) is the ultimate sports fairy tale. And how can the Red Sox create a truly inspiring story if the team simply shuts out the opposition? By falling behind, the Red Sox have created the dramatic tension to make the inevitable victory that much sweeter...
Besides, doubting the Red Sox after their losing two games is ridiculous. Though they came out swinging in the ALCS last year, beating New York in the first game, the Yankees won two in a row right after that. And that series went to seven games and in the final game, 11 innings, when only a fluke homerun from Aaron Boone could give the victory to the Yankees. Unfortunately, Aaron Boone won’t be there to help out this time, as he sits knee-injured with the Cleveland Indians. Yes, the Cleveland Indians. That’s gratitude...