Regular starters for Yankees
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Apr 20, 2010 
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Even with a lefty starter for the A’s, it’s the Yankees regulars tonight in Oakland, with the only change being Swisher and Granderson flip flopped in the batting order.
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Johnson DH
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada C
Nick Swisher RF
Curtis Granderson CF
Brett Gardner LF
RHP Javier Vazquez
Props to Joe G. for starting Gardner, and proving me wrong!!!!!!!!
I didn’t win.
<Congratulations to:
Erica
NYY626
Dave F
You have won tonight’s GTLU!!!!
“Props to Joe G. for starting Gardner, and proving me wrong!!!!!!!!”
I wonder if Joe Girardi wrote out his line-up card against a wall??????
Glad to see Gardy getting the nod tonight, he made a lot happen this past weekend, kind of deserves to be in the lineup, and with Javy pitching you need your best derfense out there
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/.....id=5118950
RIP
I like this line-up. No problem at all.
Thames eventually will get more at bats.
No sure about Winn. He might as well show up to the park with his glove and leave the bats at the hotel.
Base on tonight’s pitching matchup, my prediction for the final score:
NYY — 2
Oakland — 12
Gonzalez throws a very big looping curve ball. He’s struggled with his command a great deal in the past.
He’s a guy that Gardner can run on if he’s able to get on base. He’s left handed but I don’t remember him having a particularly great pick off move.
The outfield in Oakland is really enormous. Javy is a fly ball pitcher.
It makes a lot of sense to play Gardner tonight. Oakland doesn’t have a particularly good offense and the yankee’s bats outside of Gardner should be able to get to Gonzalez.
Doreen,
I think I may have Granderson and Swisher reversed and did not win.
I don’t think anyone could’ve guessed that lineup.
It’s very windy and partly sunny here in SF. It was supposed to rain much of the day, but it’s been dry all afternoon. I’m hoping to stay dry, if not warm.
“I think I may have Granderson and Swisher reversed and did not win.”
What is this, the PGA Tour?
Read a remark today on here about Eduardo Nunez still butchering plays at shortstop. He’s had 2 errors, but, both are at 2nd base, not shortstop. He’s played 2nd base in 17 games. Though it’s still to early to say he’s got it figured out at shortstop, he’s looked great out there, so far. He turned two more DPs today (5 in 8 games) with 12 putouts and 23 assists….no errors.
“Read a remark today on here about Eduardo Nunez still butchering plays at shortstop. ”
No, I was asking because he’s bat has looked so good, why he’s not considered a higher rated prospect. I was speculating that perhaps he didn’t project to be a middle infielder in the majors.
I didn’t know he previously has a reputation as a bad fielder.
So if his bat is for real, is he legit?
i cant c the yankees losing the next 3 days
California April 20th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Base on tonight’s pitching matchup, my prediction for the final score:
NYY — 2
Oakland — 12
>> I don’t think Vazquez will pitch well but the score will be more like 7-5 A’s
I like Gardner playing tonight. First priority is getting Javy on track so given how big that OF is and Javy’s tendency to give up fly balls good defense behind him should help. Against Gonzalez they should not need a bigger bat in the lineup with Thames.
Gonzalez has not cracked 100 pitches in his 2 starts so his arm strength should not be great right now. At full strength he is a guy that would have trouble with this lineup. Where he is at right now does not bode well for him lasting deep into this game.
Also, FWIW
In the minors:
Against RH: .219 AVG; Against LH: .224 AVG
Last year:
In 112 PA’s against LH: .340/.446/.649
CB,
Do you know if he has had trouble against lefties in the minors or was last year just an aberration?
CB, it’s difficult to say about Gonzales’ move, because NYY has never run on him, though the league is 8-4 on him before this year. suzuki is going to make them think twice about straight steals, though. He gets better every game, it seems. he’s thrown out 5 of 9 this year, so far.
“Gonzalez throws a very big looping curve ball. He’s struggled with his command a great deal in the past.”
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I’ve been keeping my eye on Gonzalez so far this year.
If the Yanks hitters stay patient, this guys pitch count will go up fast.
He’s got good stuff but he gets in long counts and/or walks guys.
I don’t think the Yanks will have any problem getting to this guy if they can get in good hitters counts, or simply get his pitch count up very quickly.
It will be a bad sign, IMO, if they even let Gonzalez go more than 6IP.
Adv: Yanks
“It makes a lot of sense to play Gardner tonight.”
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It does.
And for those that sometimes doubt it, it shows that Girardi is actually using his brain when making the lineup
Not sure why Granderson is 8th.. that puts two lefties (who cant hit lefties) back to back at the bottom of the lineup. Should have went with the “Regular” lineup.
All I remember was Gio coming into the Bronx off a stretch of bad pitching, and basically having the game of his life. Not sure if we chased him eventually, but I remember 6 innings of domination.
California April 20th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Base on tonight’s pitching matchup, my prediction for the final score:
NYY — 2
Oakland — 12
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Based on your previous predictions, my prediction for how often you predict the outcomes of the rest of the regular season games to be doomsday scenarios.
- like every time.
One question I have about this line up:
If they are facing a lefty, then why have two lefties together in the back of the order?
Although, I suppose splitting up the lefties has more to do with relievers, doesn’t it?
Forget I said anything.
On another note: I’m really relieved to see that it was not a Yankee that was the bid PED announcement.
Bleich has had command issues tonight, so far. 3 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks and 3 strikeouts.
Krum, Adams and Smith have the 3 Trenton hits.
No speed gun readings, so far on Bleich.
I think the game has a chance to to be rained out.
For Charleston, Black hit a batter in the first, a stolen base and an error by Castro at SS led to an unearned run.
Nelson Cruz up against Wakefield with 2 on.
the way he’s swinging the bat, he could put a dent in the Green Monster.
though the knuckleball could give him fits… we’ll see
Jose Molina and Cody Ransom were in the lineup last year when they faced Gio (oh the good ol times of Cody) Gardner also played for Damon that day, so it was not exactly the A lineup out there.
Gardner went 1-3 with a BB and a 3B against Gio. Maybe Joe went back to the tape and liked what he saw
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Thames on the other hand is 1-6 with a BB against Gio.
Rangers up early!
and sure enough
RBI single for Cruz
1-0 Rangers
2 on, 2 out for Chris Davis
even the sluggers are stealing bases on Wakefield/VMart and the Sox tonight
Nelson Cruz with his 1st SB of the season
rangers already running on the sox!
California is a troll.
Please don’t feed him.
I apologize profusely.
Dave F -
Thank you for bringing my error to my attention.
Tonight’s winner of GTLU is Joe Girardi.
Sorry, Erica and Dave F and NYY626.
Dinner time distractions. I may have to figure out something else for west coast games.
CR9
Great game huh.Those dutchies always seem to score..haha
For Trenton in the 4th inning:
Laird struck out
Sublett singled
Gorecki batting, wild pitch, deep fly to center, runner holds 2nd base
Smith grounds out to first
no score…bottom of the 4th coming up
?But the orioles and Jays are just so bad. I can?t see them not running up numbers against those clubs.?
We must not be watching the same Jays!
The Jays are currently 4th in the AL in team batting. (The Yanks are 3rd). The Suxers are 11th.
And while Toronto is 9th in team pitching, the Suxers are 12th.
Unless they resurrect like the Phenix, I don?t see them holding off the Jays.
Isla Fisher may be preggers again!
Anybody ever seen Definitely, Maybe, with Ryan Reynolds and her in it?
gb7,
been meaning to tell you this for a while now, thanks a bunch for the minor league updates. it really adds to the discussion here
bleich pitching
ground out
strikeout
flyout
Bleich: 4 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts, 4 ground balls, 3 fly outs
My pleasure, KD. happy to do it and happy that you enjoy the updates that i’m getting.
Sox tie it up.
Game tying base hit by Victor Martinez, only because Texas didnt play the shift.
If the shift was on, it would have been right it into it.
You can always count on the unjuiced version of Big Floppy! (And that was even with an extra chance!)
Taking it to the car for a while.
GO RANGERS!!!
Right on by big papi.
trenton, top of the 5th inning
Brewer flies out
Luis Nunez safe on error
Austin Krum batting, flies out to deep right center
Adams singles to left
Romine flies to deep center
GB, thanks for the updates!
Bleich is looking pretty darn good; 3 walks is iffy, but who can be perfect all the time? I know the Yanks like him a lot.
GB, Romine is off to a very tough start. I checked his stats last night and they’re not pretty.
And a cheap call to keep Arias off the bases and potential Stolen Bases.
Was safe at 1st, and they showed the replay 4 times, clearly showing he was safe.
And RemDawwwwg didnt even acknowledge it was cheap.
“Do you know if he has had trouble against lefties in the minors or was last year just an aberration?”
LGY-
His splits in the minors are pretty similar so I’d guess it’s an aberration. 112 plate appearances isn’t a particularly large sample.
It would be very strange for Gonzalez to be better against righties than lefties. One of his major issues over his career is that he was largely a two pitch pitcher and very dependent on that big curve ball.
He’s been working on a change up and I thought that was in part to deal with righties as a starter.
Lefties who have trouble with lefties are usually fastball – change up guys who don’t have a good breaking ball. Gonzalez doesn’t really fit that criteria.
bleich pitching in the bottom of the 5th inning:
fly out
ground out
Walk
Walk
Deep fly out to left field
Bleich has been behind every batter this inning and most in the game.
Just watched Heywards AB and he got absolutely robbed on call 3rd strike by the ump that was way off the plate. This guy does not swing a bad pitches
CB
Didnt see the match today. Read the recap, and Mourinho said he studied Barca and realized that Inter couldnt lose the ball in their own 3rd if they wanted any chance of getting a positive result out of the game.
He then said that the first goal given up was because they failed their objective of not losing the ball in their own 3rd, but didnt make the same mistake again.
Did you watch it, and if so, what were your thoughts?
Wow, lots of walks- maybe a mechanical issue? GB, how old is Bleich ?
Anyone watching the Boston game? Is Lewis pitching as badly as he is on gameday. They’re trying to give him outs, and he’s walking the park and hitting batters.
Again, I apologize for announcing the winners of tonight’s GTLU erroneously.
I saw Chad’s blog header that Girardi was going with his regulars and didn’t look at the actual lineup. It is true that he went with his regular players, but he did not go with his regular lineup.
No excuse, just an explanation.
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He is struggling a bit with control. But working his way through it.
Bleich has walked the world tonight, but his stuff must be hard to square up.
Classic Pete Abe.
“Scutaro and Youkilis walked before Martinez grounded an RBI single into center. The game is now being delayed while medical workers revive the thousands of fans who fainted. The players have all gathered around Martinez at first base patting him on the back. It’s quite a scene.”
Maine Yankee -
Pete did have a great wry wit.
I do sometimes miss that.
I guess it’s just one of those nights for Bleich, but it’s great that his stuff is so good; it’s going to be fun following him this year.
Top of the 6th inning
Laird singles to right field
Sublett strikes out
Gorecki pops out to center field
Smith flies out to left
Charleston has tied their game at 1-1. Murton drives in Mack with a sac fly
Black still has his no hitter through two innings (unearned run)
Didn’t have time to watch the match today. Very surprising outcome. I don’t know – it sounds more like Barca having breakdowns in their third more than anything else. After they go up 1-0 on that goal by Pedro – there’s no way to anticipate Barca giving up 3 goals. There’s just no way.
So while Inter being better with the ball in their third can only help of course, that’s not going to be the direct driver for Inter being able to score 3 goals after going down 1-0.
Up 1-0 I’m sure Pep was very happy and was looking to hold the lead or at worst go home 1-1. They do that they likely advance.
They are in a bad spot. It happens. They’ve won so much that it’s very surprising but no team is perfect.
That said, it’s not hopeless. They could win 2-0 at home. But Mourhino is just going to pack things in and try to prevent any advances by Barca.
I think Romine is handling the adjustment to Double AA very well, especially for a young catcher. Tough crowd:)
“that’s the frustrating paht right theya, you pitch out and you still can’t get the guy at second base”
remdog
Andrus steals third while I’m typing that.
Andrus just stole 2nd and 3rd with nobody out.
# Benny Blanco April 20th, 2010 at 7:51 pm
Just watched Heywards AB and he got absolutely robbed on call 3rd strike by the ump that was way off the plate. This guy does not swing a bad pitches
The 2-2 pitch was strike 3 though.
Doreen clearly cannot handle the responsibilities of her new position.
Maybe it is time to step down from this prestigious position. Press conference TBA.
Doreen – GTLU Standings & Rules April 20th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Maine Yankee -
Pete did have a great wry wit. I do sometimes miss that.
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I did enjoy that. Some of the other stuff not so much.
The Red Sox have a huge problem. The word is out in full force across baseball. Run on the Sox at every occasion you get.
Andrus just easily stole second and then stole third.
The Sox just cannot stop anyone from running.
Billy, it was just a comment; he’s obviously not having defensive issues because a scout had mentioned that he was very impressed with him.
Ledger_Yankees Gardner says he’s seen Gio Gonzalez a ton in the minors, and the #NYY know this, which is why he’s starting tonight against the A’s lefty
The only team that hasn’t run on the Sox is the Yankees
Thanks, Erin
I’m watching the Mets’ game while I’m packing for a conference. Reyes hits a triple which plates 2.
Keith Hernandez actually did a very nice job of teaching. He discussed now the second baseman and third baseman inappropriately directed the SS taking the relay from OF to throw home, where they clearly did not have a play on Pelfrey scoring. That allowed Reyes to go to 3rd; if they had throw to 3rd in the first place, Reyes was a dead duck. And they might have gotten Reyes for the third out there before Pelfrey scored.
Hernandez discussed now it’s the 2B responsibility to make that call to the SS, telling him where the play is. Cost them a run, and allowed another runner to be on 3rd.
Hernandez can do a nice job.
Nick in SF April 20th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Andrus steals third while I’m typing that.
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Fenway Park. Where walks turn into triples.
I understand but Romine hitting .250 for his 32 AA at-bats is far from struggling.
LGY -
Can I blame jet lag?
CB
There’s no way they can go all season with the catchers being that bad.
Interesting about Gardy seeing Gio in the minors. Wonder what his numbers are against him but not sure if there is anywhere to look that up. I would assume they are pretty good because he got the nod in left.
“Bleich has walked the world tonight, but his stuff must be hard to square up.”
It’s early but it seems like he might be struggling to balance those two things. When his stuff plays up he might be having trouble commanding it. But if he’s not throwing hard he’s easier to hit.
Don’t know how he’s throwing tonight – just speculating on a pattern that seems to have developed last year.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
The only team that hasn’t run on the Sox is the Yankees
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Well Cano did. I think he learned that day stealing bases isn’t going to be his thing.
Billy, I was also looking at his OPS and power totals. I really was just making a comment that he was off to something of a slow start – I certainly don’t believe it’s predictive of anything. I love the kid; he’s my favorite prospect.
did that just happen?!??!?!
Oh my goodness. Vladmir Gurrero and his matsui-esque knees just stole second.
Vlad just stole second.
And then nothing turned itself inside-out.
The RS are going to have to wave the white flag soon.
If the texas keeps running on martinez….he will have his arm in a sling after this series…
Vlad with his broken down body just stole a base….Wakefield + Vmart = steal like crazy (even more than usual)
Peg-leg Guerrero just swiped a bag.
I can’t believe Vlad Guerrero just stole 2nd.
The guy limps around on the bases.
BJK, the Sox come in to town in a week or two (I think), so we’ll see if things have changed. In no way am I complaining; it was more of an observation. Taking 2/3 trumps everything anyway.
Watching them allow stolen bases is about to surpass the joy of watching Ortiz strikeout.
He just stole 3rd !!DKLGNSLKNEOIG
Double-double!!
A double steal??? OMG
Actually, they let him use a wheelchair. That was nice of them.
Chris Davis is due for a bomb. Though I think the guy just closes his eyes and swings as hard as he can.
What’s next, Matsui stealing 2nd?
This is getting sad…The Rays showed the rest of the league the way it looks like.
oh my
they are taking this “embarrassing the Sox” thing to a whole new level
this is ridiculous
Is Victor crying yet? He’s getting beat up on the sandlot pretty badly.
Is this game on MLB ?
Doreen,
I am just joking with you. No need to apologize to everyone on here. Looking at the rules linked to from your name looks like you have taken on quite a responsibility. Even have win % on there. Very impressive.
You should announce false winners more often. Keeps people on their toes and see if anyone is trying to sneak a W they do not deserve
Ledger_Yankees Ramirez and Gaudin will get their rings at BP during stretch. #NYY
Ledger_Yankees “We love the way Gardner’s playing,” Girardi says. Says he’s been causing havoc. #NYY
“There’s no way they can go all season with the catchers being that bad.”
Is this possible? This is like watching a little league game.
With nelson cruz and vlad guerror on first and second, Texas just successfully executed a double steal.
They’ve swiped 6 bags.
I honestly can’t remember seeing a team this bad at stopping the running game.
It’s obviously worse with Wake throwing 70mph knucklers, but this is remarkable.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
BJK, the Sox come in to town in a week or two (I think), so we’ll see if things have changed. In no way am I complaining; it was more of an observation. Taking 2/3 trumps everything anyway.
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Oh, I didn’t think you were. Just pointing out that I think Cano is the only one that has been caught stealing by the Sox all year.
6 SB in 3 innings
4 of the SB are by guys who had zero coming into the game.
Guerrerro had 2 SB in ALL of 2009.
CB
“After they go up 1-0 on that goal by Pedro – there’s no way to anticipate Barca giving up 3 goals.”
Absolutely. I couldnt foresee that at all. I said yesterday if they got one goal, they’d likely advance. Especially it being the first goal.
“That’s not going to be the direct driver for Inter being able to score 3 goals after going down 1-0″
That is why i asked your thoughts. Because I couldnt imagine how they scored 3 goals, and wanted to know if you watched it. As you said, probably just mistakes in their own third.
“That said, it’s not hopeless. They could win 2-0 at home. But Mourhino is just going to pack things in and try to prevent any advances by Barca.”
I believe Mourinho will as well, but I think that would be a grave mistake. Barca are too good, talented, and special to keep off the scoreboard, even if they fully commit to shutting down their half of the pitch.
2-0 is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Nor 3-1. Actually, since Barca are such a great home team, I fully expect a 1-0/2-0/3-0/ or 3-1 Barca result (not much of a prediction, I know). Obviously 1-0 doesnt help them and 3-1 only gets them to extra time.
Keith Hernandez is a nasally, whiny,grumpy, sexist blowhard.
But yeah you’re right. He does do a good job.
RUN FOREST, RUN!!
That’s not totally true, Betsy.
They ran that double steal with Jeter and Brett. They didn’t run as much as Tampa and now Texas, but it was cool in Boston those nights, and they probably did not to risk the hammies.
Give them time, let’s see the next series. I remember last year, they stole Varitek blind in one game (7 SBs?).
I love Romine too as a prospect and he is a super kid even though his dad played for the Red Sox:) A friend of mine works on the LAPD with Austin’s dad and raves about his family.
How is hernandez sexist?
Bleich pitching in the bottom of the 6th
pop out to short
double to right field
walk
Bloop single to left, RBI
Bloop single to center, RBI
Bleich is now out of the game
5.1 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs (earned), 6 walks, 4 strikeouts
Josh Schmidt pitching.
L. Nunez turns the DP, ss to 1st.
2-0 NH
Walks are killing Bleich, tonight
Black of Charleston lost his no hitter in the third, a 2 run homer.
The Sox can’t even throw out Vlad as he chugs his way from tragedy to comedy to farce.
6 SB in 3 innings? Ouch – what’s the score?
Ledger_Yankees ?We love the way Gardner?s playing,? Girardi says. Says he?s been causing havoc. #NYY
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He causes havoc here too.
I dont believe it. Chris Davis (name?) Young (name?) nailed it to right center and Drew just eases over there to make a nice catch.
Drew, bad back and all, just makes nice defensive plays.
Joe from Long Island,
yanks also think view stealing as conundrum. on one hand to get in scoring position, on the other hand, if you stay on first, you open up a hole in the infield.
teams didn’t run like this off Piazza..this is wild.
Jenny,
You didn’t hear? He said on the air that women need to get back into the kitchen where they belong. Or something like that.
Gotta love pitchers who can hit. Jorge De La Rosa is 2/2 with 3 RBI. LOL
Vladdy runs like Frankenstein, and since he is a shell of what he once was, I call him Stankenstein!!
What a catch!
Joe, I thought it was warm those nights. I’m not complaining mind you – just thought it was interesting. They won, so that’s all that counts; they don’t get extra points for SB totals. Yep, last year they had that crazy game where they just wore Varitek out; that was fun, lol.
Billy, cool! Yep, Austin seems like a neat kid; Chad did an interview with him that he posted here and he seemed very grounded and down to earth. He’s very young and facing better pitchers than he has in his life; an adjustment period is to be expected. I hope to see him in pinstripes in a few years; I know the Yanks were very impressed with his defensive abilities in ST.
CB, it sounds like Bleich is missing about 3 or 4 miles on his fastball and everything is the same…low ond outside. Tired arm, perhaps?
“I believe Mourinho will as well, but I think that would be a grave mistake. Barca are too good, talented, and special to keep off the scoreboard, ”
CR9,
I would not do anything significant to enhance Barca’s capacity to dominate ball possession. That just seems like playing with fire.
But I do think Mourhino will try that – to what extent is the question.
Just what I read about the game – it sounded like the issues was Barca playing sluggishly on the defensive end.
3 goals down 1-0 is a complete defensive collapse. Inter aren’t good enough to do that offensively without massive gaps in what barca was doing.
It’s an outlier game. They happen. It’s unfortunate that it happened now.
Iniesta will be back next game. Givine Xavi and Iniesta the opportunity to play on the ball is a very dangerous tactic, especially with the Barca forward line healthier again.
Tough night for Bleich, but I don’t think he had control problems in his other outings; tonight seems like it was just one of those nights.
OK. A quick west-coast /pre-game trivia question.
Brett Gardner’s Yankee Stadium walk-to-the-plate music is sound advice for any team about to play the Red Sox.
Name the song and band.
BloggingBombers Girardi: “For Javy, this is not a make-or-break start.”
Bronx Jeers April 20th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Keith Hernandez is a nasally, whiny,grumpy, sexist blowhard.
But yeah you’re right. He does do a good job.
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Just be careful-he might ask you to help him move.
“it sounds like Bleich is missing about 3 or 4 miles on his fastball and everything is the same…low ond outside. Tired arm, perhaps?”
Yeah – if his velocity and command are down then dead arm is a good guess.
It’s tough to know what to make of bleich. He was a command pitcher who found some more ticks as a pro but then lost his command.
He might take some time figuring it out.
Somehow I don’t think it’s “Run, Run, Run” by the Velvet Underground, but it should be.
LOL Joe, no kidding……..but yesterday he said it was a big start.
“I’m not driving him to the airport!”
Bronx Jeers, Runaround Sue?
just the fact the Wakefield has to keep throwing over to 1st with the slow catcher on base is embarrassing
they know the slowest guys on the team are going to steal
Nick in SF April 20th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
“I’m not driving him to the airport!”
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Run to Me by the Bee Gees, lol
They had Bleich at 93-94 MPH in his last game and 89-90 this game.
Nor is it “Roadrunner” by the Modern Lovers, which is a shame as that is one of the best rock songs of all time.
Wow, GB – that’s a huge drop; it sounds like a dead arm….hopefully that’s all it is.
Erin
“Just be careful-he might ask you to help him move. ”
What? Well, you hardly know the guy…. What a nerve.
Texas looked like an absolutely beat team in NY. They looked completely overwhelmed.
What a complete difference in their play, their aggressiveness, the quality of their at bats and their body language.
For people who are so certain that Posada is the world’s worst defensive catcher – did Texas do anything like this to Jorge?
And now a passed ball by victor because he doesn’t move his feet on a knuckler in the dirt.
Eric Wordekemper relieves Schmidt for Trenton to start the 7th.
gets them in order.
running with the devil? Van Halen?
Pitchout paranoia in Boston.
Maybe Victor took his eye off the ball to watch Borbon dash to second?
Boston fans are going to be tearing their hair out, but really they’re only down 2-1.
I know wakefield is tough to catch and he’s not making it easy on victor but this is embarrassing. Seriously they may not be able to start Wakefield unless they get someone else to catch him…
I’m sorry but the answer is Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell”
Which is exactly what the Texas Rangers seem to be doing tonight.
The Keystone Red Sox
This catching situation for the Sox is a tough one, but I don’t know they can fix it. They need VMart’s bat in the lineup, and Tek is the captain, so they have to keep him on the roster. I guess they can release Ortiz and have Martinez DH…but then Martinez might bolt at the end of the year if the Sox try to pay him like a DH and not a catcher.
I had no prayer, Bronx – I have never heard one Pink Floyd song in my life
Meep!-Meep!
Ledger_Yankees Park will play catch at 120 ft today. #nyy
about 1 minute ago
Night’s like tonight make me wish I had some Rangers on my fantasy team. To think I could be killing my opponent in SBs! (Luckily, he doesn’t have anybody from Texas on his team either.)
7 SB and Borbon and Andrus are on base with no one out..
Stolen Base Records by Team:
AA
Philadelphia [vs Syracuse] 19SBs 04-22-1890
AL
New York [vs St. Louis] 15SBs 09-28-1911
NL
New York [vs Pittsburgh] 17SBs 05-23-1890
This is just TOO MUCH!!!
I am drunk on Stolen Bases!
Bronx Jeers April 20th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
I’m sorry but the answer is Pink Floyd’s “Run Like Hell”
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Ugh-I knew I would be kicking myself when you said what it was!!! I remember that from last year-I just couldn’t think of it. lol
Tito is looking Comfortably Numb.
Run Prevention!
Damn it!
I cost them by laughing.
I feel horrible watching the Sox struggle.
Wakefield approaching 80 pitches
3+ innings pitched
(no outs in the 4th)
Ouch. Colorado scored 10 runs on the Nats…in 3 innings.
Wake could probably throw 200 pitches in a game, lol
8 SBs after 3 innings.
wow, lucky to only be down 5-1
I’m surprised the Rockies played tonight….
8 SB in 3 innings? Sox fans must be turning the color of lobster…
YEAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pens lead Sens 4-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adams with a line drive double down the line to the wall in left. His 3rd hit tonight
Romine with RBI single to center
Laird strikes out on foul tip
Sublett walks
Gorecki Ground ball DP
2-1 NH
For Charleston, zoilo Almonte with a solo homer to get the within 3-2 score.
Just got home-
Flipflopping Swisher and Granderson….. Joe Girardi wins again
Middle of the 3rd: Rangers 2, Red Sox 1
The inability of the Red Sox not to throw out base-stealers is getting embarrassing. Or maybe they passed embarrassment last week and are on to incredulity.
Andrus walked, stole second and third and scored on a grounder to second. Texas has stolen six bases today and opponents are 28 of 29 this season in only 14 games. Vladimir Guerrero, who hasn’t run fast since 2007 or so, has two of the steals tonight.
It seems like there was a game that Texas did this to the S*x last season, too. Andrus and Bourbon had like 9 SBs between them.
“Seriously they may not be able to start Wakefield unless they get someone else to catch him…”
Who is that going to be because that guy is not on the team right now.
Varitek has never been able to catch Wake. That’s why they carried Kottarass, etc for so long.
Alright, Austin!
Big Pawpaw has vitually no chance against anyone with a big league level fastball.
PeteAbe The #Rangers have six steals through 3 innings. Vlad Guerrero, who uses a walker, has two of them. It’s Wakefield, but still. 23 minutes ago reply
GB, was the Tampa game early today?. Looks like Warren bounced back great. I saw him pitch last year in college when I was in North Carolina and was so glad they got him. The guy knows how to pitch.
Nice signing by the Jets to further bolster their defense.
Jason Taylor is no longer an every down lineman, but a great situational pass rusher he will be!!
Betsy
Incredulity is my FAVORITE WORD!!!
Bring me the head of Doug Mirabelli!
# Rob B April 20th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
It seems like there was a game that Texas did this to the S*x last season, too. Andrus and Bourbon had like 9 SBs between them.
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Oops, it was only 7 SBs between them: 3 for Andrus and 4 for Bourbon. Kinsler added another for 8 total
http://www.baseball-reference......8150.shtml
The Texas pitcher, Colby Lewis, throws a slider/curve, changeup, and fastball, which he’s using all of tonight.
He is throwing fastball after fastball to Ortiz and has K’d him twice swinging.
You’d think Ortiz would be cheating fastball already and he’s still not getting it done.
Run Away- Del Shannon
CB,
That’s what I mean..they may not be able to afford to pitch Wakefield with the catchers they have…especially against teams that can run.
Ortiz season stats
6 hits, 17Ks
CR, that is a good word,lol. I don’t know if I have a favorite word – I love all words so much. I guess my two favorites are World Champions!
Erica, the new TV guide as a lovely picture of Cookie Monster in it. As you know, I love the blue fella
Betsy
Touche!
I’ll go three words further, and say it’s “World Champion New York Yankees”
blake,
Wakefield hasn’t been getting it done and Matsuzaka is close.
They’ll put Wake in the bullpen as a long man and move Daisuke into the rotation.
IMO
granted,
Wake in the bullpen doesn’t fix much when he’s on the mound.
If he were pitching well, they’d find a way.
but he’s not so far, so they may find… an injury for him instead
How do you go into the season with 2 catchers who cannot throw anyone out? If you are going to have someone as bad as VMart starting you at least need a good defensive back up.
When the Yankees let Molina walk I thought the Sox would go after him especially since he was so cheap.
Vlad has 2 steals tonight?
Really?
Rangers took inspiration from yesterdays Boston Marathon.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Erica, the new TV guide as a lovely picture of Cookie Monster in it. As you know, I love the blue fella
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OMG- I can’t wait until I get my TV Guide in the mail.
I believe Cookie Monster also has a cameo in the new episode of the Office this week
paging Justin Smoak
paging Justin Smoak
This was an interesting note from Pete Abe the other day explaining the red sox approach to the running game:
“The Red Sox do not make any decision without a careful, detailed analysis of the pros and cons.
So when Terry Francona says that he would rather have his pitchers focus on the batter instead of worrying too much about holding runners and prohibiting stolen bases, there’s data behind it. Over the course of the season, that strategy will produce more success than failure. …
It’s impossible to say to what degree the Sox benefited by having their pitchers worry more about the batter than the runner. But they believe that over 162 games, it will make a difference.”
Some really remarkable stuff in boston. Lots of research and ideas.
http://www.boston.com/sports/b.....ook_a.html
A fews little gems from the radio broadcast. Hope I remember them correctly!
1. Big Popup has Kd 17 times in 39 AB
2. Texas has stolen on the Suxers 8 times already (while I was still in the car; could have stolen more between the car and the house!)
3. The last time the Suxers started out with a record as bad as this one was 1932. THEY FINISHED LAST.
4. The last time the Suxers went 1-6 at home was – DRUM ROLL!!! – 1928.
Just to be clear here, Trisha does not believe the Sux will be able to right this ship. There are too many holes and it’s taking on water faster than the players can bail.
Isn’t Dice K really bad at holding runners on as well?
“but he’s not so far, so they may find… an injury for him instead ”
lol, very possible…strained ego.
It’s not a marathon, it’s a sprint.
Nelson Cruz runs well but he is not that fast.
He just stole third base.
Was that some kind of surprise to the Sox?
This is unbelievable. What is the record for most stolen bases in a single game?
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 20th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
OMG- I can’t wait until I get my TV Guide in the mail.
I believe Cookie Monster also has a cameo in the new episode of the Office this week
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Erica, he does!! Seriously can’t wait
Erica, it’s just a little one, lol, but it is absolutely adorable. I quit watching the Office 2 (or 3?) years ago, but maybe I’ll tune in to see the big blue rug.
“Isn’t Dice K really bad at holding runners on as well?”
yes.
Theo’s Nerd-Ball just gave up stolen base #9, tying a red sox record dating back to 1913.
Here’s a sweet pic of the furball:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster
LOL pictures, actually. My favorite is the one where he’s eating the cookie in the middle of the C
Trisha,
Did you get my email?
BALK!
oh, theo and his data mining
Erin April 20th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 20th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
OMG- I can’t wait until I get my TV Guide in the mail.
I believe Cookie Monster also has a cameo in the new episode of the Office this week
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Erica, he does!! Seriously can’t wait
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I am not sure how much he is seen. But part of the plotline is that Oscar creates a viral video about how Kevin has the same voice as Cookie Monster
Is it just me or is this Sox game really fun to watch. No balks-let them steal.
Fran, just got it.
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 20th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
I am not sure how much he is seen. But part of the plotline is that Oscar creates a viral video about how Kevin has the same voice as Cookie Monster
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I don’t care if he doesn’t have a lot of screen time-any appearance by Cookie Monster is fine by me.
trenton loses 2-1 to NH. Too many walks by Bleich and not enough hitting against McLeary who has some ML experience and has been in the minors for about 14 years and over 115 minor league starts.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Here’s a sweet pic of the furball:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww… I LOVE Cookie monster.
Remember the classic song “If Moon Was Cookie”???
“It’s impossible to say to what degree the Sox benefited by having their pitchers worry more about the batter than the runner. But they believe that over 162 games, it will make a difference.”
Some really remarkable stuff in boston. Lots of research and ideas.”
CB,
Was that sarcasm? I don’t believe for a second this is research based. Unless the research is ‘we have catchers who couldn’t throw out Steve Balboni, so just focus on the batter” I couldn’t imagine the benefit of not focusing on a runner moving into a better position to score.
Erica,
I was reading about what you posted about Cookie Monster and I thought that the Oscar that created the video was Oscar the Grouch. OK. Guess I’ll need some coffee to stay alert for tonight’s game.
Erica, I almost forgot-have you ever seen the Dinner Impossible episode where they’re at Sesame Place? My brother was kind enough to alert me that it was on this weekend. Cookie Monster and Elmo were seriously cute in their chef hats.
Erica, I don’t offhand, but I have a feeling that if I heard the song, I would recall it right away. To be honest, no song could ever hold a candle (or a cookie) to “C is for Cookie”.
Maybe the better news of the evening. While still strong, maybe Texas’ showing against the Sox is also something of a Tampa reality check.
RE: CB giving Pete’s report of the Sox analysis of the running game –
Analysis is only as good as the data it’s based on. Is it possible that Francona and the Sox underestimated how much stealing was going to occur, and the psychological impact on the pitchers and Martinez? And how that was going to factor into their run-prevention philosophy, and their own change in offense?
Because, if Vlad is running, then you know every team in the league is going to be looking to do it. Every team. The league will not cut them a break.
I love Oscar the Grouch – he’s my next favorite SS character…
Isn’t the idea that having a pitcher focus on the batter and not worry too much about the guy/s on base tied to having a catcher that can even throw runners at minimal rate?
Even in the minors where most pitchers are terrible at holding runners, most catchers still hold down the running game to a certain extent so it is not just a free pass to 2nd of 3rd.
I cannot imagine this theory holds water when you have baserunners be successful at a near 100% success rate.
Here’s the trenton box score
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_nhmaax_1
Stuckey, I think perhaps the Rays caught the Sox as the best time. The Rays are very good, but the Sox are sort of in self-destruct mode. I’m not sure what it says, if anything, about the Rangers, who looked bad against the Yankees and like world-beaters here. The Sox are going to turn it around; their pitching is just too good not to.
CB,
I almost want the Sox to keep it semi-close so the Rangers have incentive to continue running.
Wakefield is likely done… but there is still no reason they can’t get 10-12 SB tonight
Erin April 20th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Erica, I almost forgot-have you ever seen the Dinner Impossible episode where they’re at Sesame Place? My brother was kind enough to alert me that it was on this weekend. Cookie Monster and Elmo were seriously cute in their chef hats.
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Yes!!! I laughed when they got kicked out of the kitchen. And Maria was pretty useless
If Moon Were Cookie-
The classic song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoNAT8ZYbvw
Erica – always OPPC – Sesame Street Mafia and GTLU supporter April 20th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Remember the classic song “If Moon Was Cookie”???
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Great song
I also love him and Ernie singing “If I Knew You Were Coming I’d Have Baked a Cake”
the real matchup is still close:
Texas – Total Steals – 8
Red Sox – Hits, Walks, and Runs Combined – 7
“Was that sarcasm? I don’t believe for a second this is research based. ”
William,
I don’t doubt that the Sox really did do quantitative research before cooking up this ridiculous theory.
Believe me – it’s very easy to do.
This is a bit difficult to explain – but due to the nature of data in baseball it is extremely easy to arrive at results that are very biased, incorrect or overly dependent on certain assumption.
It is very easy to create intellectual havoc with this data.
I am not sure there is any empirical evidence for this but I would also imagine throwing pitches with RISP as compared to 1B are higher stressed/more taxing pitches.
This may not only have an adverse psychological effect on the pitchers but a physical one as well.
and Pedroia ties it up… 8-8
Joe, that’s the thing about stats. You can draw it up on paper and it will look all pretty, but that’s never how it plays out in real life. Numbers on a piece of paper can’t account for all the quirks that happen in a game – in other words, they take something of the humanity out of the game. I hate to see baseball reduced to mathematics.
BD, if you’re here, thrilled I scores Jonathon Broxton. Talk about being a day late and a dollar short. Cincinnati is leading 9-3 in the bottom of the 4th. The Dodgers are pretty awful so far.
This is probably my pennance for wanting St. Joe to lose!!! I didn’t think things out when I drafted Broxton!
Wow, the game is 8-8? So, no matter how embarrassing the steals are, the Sox are tied – that’s really the most important thing.
CB -
That theory of theirs probably works fine if it’s the average game. But when you have Vlad Guerrero stealing on you, that’s a different thing altogether.
Sure, there’s probably data that shows a guy stealing second is no worse than starting out on second most of the time, so why not let your pitchers focus on the hitter. But it’s got to be a total distraction when an entire team is running against your catchers.
Not to mention just the psychological downer it is for the entire team. it’s a statement of disrespect.
Sean Black got whacked around, losing 7-2 in the 7th inning.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I love Oscar the Grouch –
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I still know all the words to the Grouch Anthem
Betsy,
Oh, I don’t think Boston will be this bad all year for sure, what I meant was it was hard not to be very impressed with Tampa off the sweep, particularly their pitching and agressiveness.
Perhaps Boston is just really THAT bad… right now, that is.
Ledger_Yankees BTW, with facial hair, it appears that Edwar’s up to 115 pounds. And for old times’ sake, Mo bullied Edwar on the field. #NYY
In defense of the Suxers, the only catcher who could effectively catch “Wakes” left on the same jet plane they flew him in on.
So my question is this. I’m knowledgeable about a lot of major league players, some of it based on having had them on my fantasy teams (truth). I never had VMart. Did he just lose his ability to throw out runners this season?
Henry just texted Hicks:
“I’ve got a check with your name on it and it’s got a lot of zeros if you call off your dogs!”
CB, Didn’t Tampa just sweep the BoSox ???? According to the floks in Old Town, all those stolen bases had zero outcome on any of those games ????? The folks in Beantown are in deep denial……..It’s very deflating for the guys on the field with the leather on and watch a constant track meet knowing there’s very little you do about it……Wonder how few dp’s the Sox turn this season …….
“Wow, the game is 8-8? So, no matter how embarrassing the steals are, the Sox are tied – that’s really the most important thing”
Lol betsy….BD is NOT talking about runs…
“the real matchup is still close:
Texas – Total Steals – 8
Red Sox – Hits, Walks, and Runs Combined – 7″
Betsy, he’s pulling your chain. the score is 6-2 Texas in the 6th inning
Is this a bad time to bring up the name of the baseball player who has the nickname “Cookie Monster?”
Hick to Henry:
“Send it to my creditors”
“Analysis is only as good as the data it’s based on. ”
Joe,
This is in general true but the real issue here is much more likely to be that the conclusions one can draw from any analysis are only as good as the methods used to do the analysis.
LGY hit on what is likely to be one of the central assumptions of the statistical models the Sox may have run to come up with this idea:
“I cannot imagine this theory holds water when you have baserunners be successful at a near 100% success rate.”
I doubt the Sox every anticipated a near 100% success rate. That just seems so outlandish that you’d never even put it into the analysis.
Similarly, there’s no good way to quantify how demoralizing this must be for a catcher. As such, that’s not going to enter the analysis either.
Maybe this is all an excuse and the Sox are trying to cover up their mistakes by resorting to ideas, but I could actually see how an analysis that just diverges from reality that could be done that would support this “organizational philosophy.”
“It is very easy to create intellectual havoc with this data.”
Oh I know. I just find it insane they would even state that. Whatever instrument they use, there is nothing valid about allowing, or remaining unfocused enough to give away scoring position.
It’s either a biased method of collecting data, questionable analysis of results, or simply a totally flawed hypothesis.
There goes CB and his “fancy talk” again.
Just enjoy the game Copernicus.
Betsy, the score is 6-2 Texas. And the Sux are dreadful, not because they have an awesome team that isn’t producing. It’s because they have a mediocre offensive roster and their starting pitching hasn’t been what they expected it to be. And they have a so-so bullpen. You do not overtake the Yankees and the Rays – and maybe even Toronto – with that kind of team. You just don’t.
If they are not too far in the cellar by the time Cameron and Ellsbury return, they might be able to have a little better offense.
They are currently 11th in hitting in the AL and 12th in pitching.
Stuckey, I agree…….but then I knew Tampa would be good. In the meantime, the Yankees just keep going along like clockwork, beating all the contenders.
Cookie Rojas?
Ralphie, lol – yeah, big oops. I missed BD’s earlier post…..I’m glad I was wrong!
GB, I walked right into that one, but that was my fault. Based on the comments here, there’s no way the score could have been 8-8.
Erica, thanks for posting that song; I’m going to listen to it a bit later.
Murton has a 2 run double for Charleston. 7-4 Hickory.
Higashioka batting. fly out.
Bottom of the 7th coming up
“The folks in Beantown are in deep denial”
PatM, I truly don’t think the beantown folks are in denial at all. If you listen to EEI and you check out the faces in the Suxers dugout, as well as Terry’s, they are totally aware of the disaster their team is. I think there’s more denial on this forum – even if it’s just in a few spots – than there is in beantown.
Do you trust what the press puts out all the time? Well PeteAbe is part of the press. Who knows what’s given to them for public consumption or just to shut them up.
Trish, do not underestimate the Sox’ pitching. Their top 3 are extremely formidable…….Whether they are good enough to overtake the Yanks/Rays, I don’t know, but it’s just too early in the season to count them (or any team) out. They will make moves, they will definitely make moves, and players will not always be hurt.
It seems like whenever something doesn’t work out in Boston, Theo comes up with a “statistical reason” why he is doing what he is doing.
Stats are so much a part of sports now. But some things are valid and some are BS used to validate mistakes.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) April 20th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Cookie Rojas?
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Part of the best named DP combos of the early ’60s Wine and Rojas…In Phiadelphia is was known as the “Days Of Wine and Rojas”.
CB – I’m no statistician, not by a longshot. But I do have a background in science, and to do a real quantitative analysis you need to have the methodology. Again, I’m not a baseball insider, but what methodology exists to scientifically to do this sort of analysis? I know there’s all sorts of proprietary software out there, from BA’s predicting # of wins, to Blomberg software. But, how well have those methods been validated?
Whatever methodology the Red Sox used sure looks suspect right now.
Josh Hamilton just misplayed a ball in LF. He overran the ball, and allowed 2 runs to score.
The ball hit a fan, and it should have only scored 1 run, but the umpire missed it, and it cost them an extra run
Get Chris Ray out of there. He is the biggest loser.
Boston’s top 3 pitchers may be really good, but they still need to score runs. Will they be able to do that? Or will Lester, Buckett, et al lose a bunch of 1-0 or 2-0 games?
Remy just said it should be 2nd and 3rd with one run in because it bounced into the stands and hit a fan, and bounced back out on the field.
Right now, the Red Sox and the Cubs have the same problems. Inflated payroll with underperforming players and nothing on the farm ready to help out, along with a vicious fan base. It could get ugly in both places if the Mets and Washington continue to outplay them.
Is it just me or has Josh Hamilton just gone down the tubes since his display in 08 home run derby at the stadium
The worst part is, the umpires didnt even get together to discuss whether it hit the fan or not.
I guess that’s umpiring at its finest. They made their decision to intervene to help the Sox season.
Scutaro must have a hot date after the game.
Even worse is, Josh Reddick gets 2 undeserved RBIs, and that will inflate his status as some kind of valuable prospect
Rob B
He does. With his left hand.
Paging Uncle Ellsworth!
Hamiltom seems like he’s finished after one brilliant season. Came and went quickly,like a shooting star………..
# CR9 April 20th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Rob B
He does. With his left hand.
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Betsy, the problem is that their top 3, even if they right themselves, won’t win much without any offense to back them up. They’re 11th right now. And while they’re waiting for Jacoby and Mike Cameron to return – whenever that may be – they are losing ground. And their bullpen is questionable.
And here’s the bigger problem – we discussed it here the other night and Sean McAdam and the guys on WEEI talked about it today and they were very clear. The Suxers cannot afford to keep giving up ground when all signs point to extremely potent Yankee and Rays teams this year. Unless they have some miracles on the way, and fast, you don’t make up that kind of ground with a team that is less than excellent, when your competition is as stellar as the Rays and Yanks.
I remember Atlanta having a miserable first half maybe two season ago, and then coming back on fire. But the difference is that they had the players all along, and people were kind of shocked that they couldn’t get off the shneid (sp?) Cleveland several years ago couldn’t win a game and I don’t remember their record but I think they may have lost something like 13 in a row. It was at the beginning of the season. But again in their case, they had a very good team. Eventually they ended up at the top of the pack. You can do that, just as the Yankees did it when they were 9.5 games out in May when RJ was on the team.
The difference is those teams all had the players to do it. This team is falling apart at the seams. The popular feeling in beantown is that Ortiz is taking up precious room at this point. I don’t know that the team feels that way, but the EEI broadcasters, Sean McAdam, and all of the callers seemed to be in unity with that. And they’re all saying the same thing. The Sux do not have a lot of time to make those critical decisions because of the strength of the competition.
I always downplay the Sux. I always believe the Yankees will beat them in the end, no matter what. But this is coming not from my “hatred” of them, it’s coming from witnessing their team that resembles a train wreck.
Josh Redddick is awful, what’s all the fuss with this scrub????
Give it a rest with your idiotic conspiracy theories. It’s not even “your opinion”, it’s never been funny…just stupid.
LOL GB- that’s great.
GB,
Didn’t realize just how bad the Cubs are. They have really fallen. Loosing to the Mets again tonight.
There’s a guy here in Vegas on the local ESPN radio affiliate who is from Boston, and thus a major S*x fan. He was saying yesterday that the S*x are done. He doesn’t believe that they will have a losing record, but he acknowledged that there is no way they can compete with the Yankees and the Rays.
If this guy believes it, I have to seriously consider that the S*x are really that bad. He wasn’t even too excited about this team before the season started, but the fan in him of course hoped for the best.
Center Fielder Zoilo Almonte brings Charleston to within a 8-6 score in the 9th inning with his 2nd homer of the game. He’s 3-5 with 4 runs scored, 2 homers and 3 RBI
Game thread up
About their top three. I think Beckett and Lester both have the goods; Lester supposedly always gets a slow start. Beckett with Varitek catching him has had good games. I don’t buy into anyone else in their starting rotation. 2 solid out of 5 won’t get you anywhere, even with an offense like Murderer’s Row. 2 solid with a shaky offense? It just doesn’t make it.
“Even worse is, Josh Reddick gets 2 undeserved RBIs, and that will inflate his status as some kind of valuable prospect”
Gameday shows error on Hamilton. Reddick 0-3 no RBI.
*****BREAKING NEWS*******
David Ortiz and Edinson Volquez were seen in February walking out of a GNC store together purchasing “Family Planning” medications.
Said Ortiz, “Like a good fastball, I was having a hard time keeping up with my wife.”
There were many LoHuders calling for Cashman to ink Mike Cameron rather than obtaining Curtis Granderson……You know who you are…….
Charleston loses 8-6.
Here’s the box score
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.....x_hicafx_1
Joe,
Baseball data are comprehensive. You can literally have almost every bit of data involved with the game.
But at the same time all of the data are inherently observational data.
As such it’s prone to bias when one tries to do analyses that move past pure descriptive analyses.
And that’s just not an easy issue to deal with and can lead to very flawed conclusions.
Again, I have no idea what the Sox are truly doing, but they have been very public about their belief that effort to avoid stolen bases is not worth it on net.
cb-
the red sox were planning on teams stealing on them the way they did in the past. the problem was that in the past teams weren’t picking on them .
different numbers happen when someone is picked on and can’t do anything about it.
in baseball it’s hard to pick on a defensive position but you can do it with the catcher.
at this point it’s not going to go away.
the red sox are going to have to make a change and probably sooner than later.
No matter how much Ortiz is loved or respected by the team and manager, striking out 42% of your 41 at bats is not enough to keep you in the line-up.
I know it’s early and I know Tex and Johnson will hit better but boy it’s really hard to watch the two of them hitting about.140 after 13 games. Tex has a pattern of starting badly, Johnson doesn’t. When they stop walking Johnson will he hit then? Yanks are 10-3 with no production from no.s 2 and 3 hitters, scarry.