Thought from the Southern Contingent

Schilling is looking good. Really good. In his last five starts, his earned runs look like this:

09/25 | Oak | 1 | 6ip
09/16 | NY | 4 | 7.2ip (game where he gave up a three run bomb to Captain Intangibles in the 7th)
09/10 | TB | 1 | 6ip
09/05 | TOR| 3 | 6ip
08/30 | NY | 2 | 7ip

He's basically a six inning pitcher which works FINE with inning eaters like Beckett, DiceK, and Timmy in the rotation and our unreasonably strong bullpen (relative to everyone else in baseball). Yes, he's going to give up hits. But he's not going to let rallies happen. He gets beat when you can eek one or two on and then bring Mr. Daaaaaamn I Look and Smell Good! up to the plate. But he's definitely a solid pitcher with a hot hand (6 K's for a soft tosser?!? Whaaaaat?!?) which is why he should definitely get the #2 spot.

And, to boot, he has a .500 batting average.

But they probably have it set up with him as the #3 behind Dice because when they set the rotation he hadn't completely implemented his new strategy which I affectionately like to call, "Pansy Pitch Domination."

FUN FACT OF THE DAY: Who leads the Red Sox in at bats and could therefore be called the team's Iron Man? (No cheating...)

HINT: Not this sock...