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Breaking down the '09 pitching staff

By Jeremy Lundblad
ESPN Stats and Information

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Has the saying "You can never have too much pitching" ever been tested this thoroughly? Flash back to March. The Red Sox rotation looked to be about eight pitchers deep, with a former Cy Young Award winner looming as a June reinforcement. The bullpen was stacked with an emerging set-up man in Justin Masterson, the acquisition of Ramon Ramirez and a relief ace ready for mop-up duty in Takashi Saito. How would Terry Francona possibly keep everyone happy? After a tumultuous year, that's no longer t ...

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