Pedro The Stoper?

Tonight, it'll be Pedro Martinez against John Wasdin, a game Vegas might well take off the board.

Truly, tonight's game will be the ultimate test of the famed Reverse Lock theory spawned in Baltimore in the 1970s. The Reverse Lock holds that when everything about a matchup seems overwhelming in favor of one team, the other team will prevail. Tonight, we have the white-hot Sox facing the slumping Rangers, at Fenway, with Pedro on the mound for Boston and "Way Back" Wasdin toeing the slab for Texas. If there was ever a game to test the Reverse Lock, this would be it. The Reverse Lock is the only thing that can prevent the Sox from winning.



Full Story By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist September 3, 2004