I’m not surprised that the Red Sox won the American League Championship Series because I thought the match-up was a toss-up. I am surprised that the Red Sox only needed five games to win it though. On the other hand, I didn’t take Joe West into account in my analysis.
- The Red Sox won Game 5 of the ALCS and the series 4 games to 1. The win in game five came after a terrific outing by starting pitcher David Price, who banished the demons of his past post-season misadventures.
- On thing that both of those previous pieces mentioned is that Price used his changeup extensively to change his postseason fortunes.