Broke my knee a week ago and in "barely survival" mode today waiting for surgical options. Today is first day I've been able to actually sit at my home computer. So here goes: Agree 100% on the management issue. With some exceptions this season the relievers were not consistent-certainly not good enough to compete with the Red Sox. Rather than acquiring Machado couldn't they have done something to improve the pen? Taylor could have played SS every day and I think defensively he's better than anyone including Machado. I've thought for a couple of years now that Kersh was going downhill but I didn't know it would be this fast. For the same time I haven't been able to feel confident about Jansen as I did three years ago. I remember hearing Kevin Kennedy two years ago dodge around the Jansen talk as if he didn't want to say anything about the pitcher but it sounded as if the criticism might have been going into the direction of mental

Another question: Did anyone notice (my wife pointed this out to me) that Turner's jersey every game throughout the play offs had a large scuff mark over the back left shoulder. Every game ! Even when they announced the players and they turned around. There is was. And it was pronounced like it was a dirty shirt. Maybe he kept wearing it for superstition ?.