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Two Sundays from now, we'll be readying for our tilt with the Los Angeles Angels in the American League Division Series.
Boston just finished up a three-game tilt with the Mike Scioscia-led Angels, winning two out of three games. (The Red Sox lost the last game on a passed third strike at the hands of Varitek, who had a similar foul up in Wednesday's comeback win.)
Tthe Sox are clearly firing on all cylinders for the first time all season.
The last 30 days has the offense scoring 163 runs, second in all of baseball. A lot of this has to do with Terry Francona's increased playing of Victor Martinez behind the plate, removing Jason Varitek and his .157/.252/.243 line since the All-Star break.
With regards to pitching, Josh Beckett and Jon Lester can go head-to-head with the best of them in October. Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Tim Wakefield all comprise more than capable starters.
The Sawx are among the trailers when looking at the UZR metric for fie...
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