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Rotation Location: Key to Y2K
With apologies to the Real Estate industry, there are three keys to the success of the Y2K Red Sox: Rotation Location of Pedro, Rotation Location of Pedro, Rotation Location of Pedro. If the Sox make it to the postseason (and this writer is far from convinced of that), they will need to do so with enough of a cushion to be able to tinker with the rotation and insure maximum usage of Pedro. If Pedro can pitch only once in a short series, then I would strongly advise the Twins souvenir people to call Singapore and cancel the order for the designer line of T-shirts emblazoned with "Bambino Schmambino". If he can pitch twice, we can legitimately have hope. If we are blessed with another ALCS and/or World Series (WS?) and he can pitch three of seven games, then you can confidently search your refrigerator for that 14-year old bottle of Frexinet tucked away behind the Yohoo! bottles and Tupperware containers. That said, here are my Gammons-proof predictions:
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