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FOX Sports on MSN - Ken Rosenthal - Brewers taking risky approach with Sabathia
Projo Sox Blog found this 8/20/2008 on msn.foxsports.com [flag]
"It's the pitches per inning that breaks guys down," Melvin says. In Melvin's view, CC Sabathia's 130-pitch complete game against the Astros on Monday night was not as outrageous as it appeared — and it appeared borderline criminal, considering that Sabathia went back out for the ninth with a 9-2 lead. Melvin found it necessary Tuesday to defend manager Ned Yost's usage of Sabathia, who A) ... [link]

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, August 20
Published 8/20/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... AM NOT, AM NOT: They sent him out to the mound on Monday night in ninth inning with a 9-2 lead and 112 pitches under his belt, and FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal says that leads to speculation that the Brewers, knowing they have little to no chance of retaining him once he becomes a free agent, don't really care how hard they work CC Sabathia because they don't really care what happens to him after this season. But Ned Yost ...

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Published 8/21/2008 by Charlie at Bucs Dugout
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