Postseasoning Reasoning

As the Red Sox approach the clinching of their sixth postseason berth in the last seven years, the ere are a number of questions Sox Nation needs to ask itself;

Do we really care if the team wins the division or the wild card in 2009?

Try this scenario -- the Red Sox are 2 games out with 2 to play. Do you want to try and win the division by throwing either Beckett, Lester or Buchholz on the last weekend? It does not look like the team cares how it gets into the playoffs. Theo and company have lived on the "win 95 games mantra" the last seven years. Obviously, it has worked twice. But winning the division means home field advantage.

Who should start game one of the playoffs?

Is Beckett still the ace or has Lester overtaken him? Lester has been better over the past ten starts but Beckett single-handedly won the 2003 and 2007 world championships.


Should Victor Martinez be the everyday catcher in the playoffs?

He has caught everybody except Dice-K and the line up is at its strongest with Lowell at third, Youkilis at first and Martinez behind the plate. However, Varitek has been the starting catcher on two world championship teams and still is the better receiver of the two.

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