Hey Francona

Do us all a favor... and put this kid Buchholz on the post season roster.

I don't want to hear "We've got to respect the veterans" and "it's too early to throw him into the fire."

He's a stud. He's the real deal. The team needed a pick-me-up after the sweep in the Bronx and the failed come back last night and this hayseed may have given the team the spark they desperately need.

Think of a post season match up with a team that has never faced him...
Think of the rush of sending him up to the mound rather than Julian Tavarez.

Remember 2005? Foulke was hurt, you tried Schilling as closer and down the stretch you used Timlin... who blew some key saves. Little did you know that that rookie sitting in the pen that you didn't use in save situations would turn out to be Jonathan Papelbon, already one of the best closers in Sox history.

The Yankees tied the Sox and took the division by the season series tie breaker.
The Red Sox get killed by the White Sox in the first round.

You didn't know then about Papelbon... but you know now about Buchholz!
Buchholz is pitching every 5 days. If that means sending Lester or Schilling to the pen and Tavarez to the glue factory, so be it.

Put him in the rotation RIGHT NOW and come playoff time give him a start.