In the Red Sox 8-7 improbable comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, in Game Five of the ALCS, Terry Francona was the man for the Boston Red Sox. Tito called a team meeting before the game and then demonstrated some major cojones by bringing in his closer Jonathan Papelbon to pitch the seventh and the eighth innings. Tito was channeling Bill James last night. Red Sox advisor and baseball sabermetrician Bill James has long advocated that a closer should not only be saved for the ninth i...