What was he thinking, redux?

BoSox Manager Terry Francona managed to anger some on what was arguably the greatest night in the recent history of that franchise. For some unbelievably obtuse reason, he let Pedro Martinez pitch the 7th inning at Yankee Stadium when the game was well in hand. Why? Pedro got absolutely hammered, giving up several hits and 2 runs. More importantly, he let the Yankee fans back into the game. Now, you might understand this move if the Sox were behind and felt like they had no choice but to bring him in. That was not the case here.

Talk radio this morning was abuzz with talk about this asinine move. Fortunately, the Sox won anyway, but it seems that, like the Dodgers did many times this season, they were winning in spite of their manager, not because of him.