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If you follow the Red Sox, you know that Manager Alex Cora has a policy of resting his key players on a rotating basis. Each gets a day off every ten days or so. Mookie Betts, for example, has already been rested twice in the Sox first 25 games. It didn't matter to Cora that Mookie Betts has been on a season-long batting tear and is all of 25 years old. He still needs his every ten-day rest.
The effect of this is that the Red Sox are trying to beat the Yankees this year without ever putting their best starting lineup on the field. Interesting strategy, if it works. I wonder how many others here think it might be a mistake.
For the record, Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2632nd consecutive game for the Orioles at the age of 38.
The effect of this is that the Red Sox are trying to beat the Yankees this year without ever putting their best starting lineup on the field. Interesting strategy, if it works. I wonder how many others here think it might be a mistake.
For the record, Cal Ripken Jr. played his 2632nd consecutive game for the Orioles at the age of 38.