Hindsight is 20/20, but...

With the Jeter-ARod-Sheffield-Matsui combo coming up in the bottom of the 8th, Francona needed to put Foulke in the game. Maybe he would have given up a few runs, maybe it would have been shortsighted if the BoSox wound up tying the game in the 9th, but you can't give up those two runs after scoring seven straight runs. Poor, if conventional, decision.

Pedro shuts the Yankees down tonight. 6-2 Boston win.