Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Good Sox 5, Bad Sox 3: Makeup to Breakup
Here's hoping all y'all enjoyed the long weekend. The Sox continued to wear white beyond Labour Day on the makeup of the rained out game against the White Sox, but what the hey, any team with Kevin Millar isn't going to be very fashion conscious. Anyway, it looks like Curt Schilling's splitter is somewhat back. He definitely didn't seem to be in pain pushing off. And nice pickoff of Podsednik. Unfortunately, his command left something to be desired.
The more I look back at it the more it seems like a miracle that the 2004 Sox rotation made it through the entire season basically injury-free. Pedro, Schilling, Wakefield, Lowe, Arroyo.
Nice comeback against Bobby Jenks, he of the 100mph pitch, even if it fell short. Speed ain't everything.
Sigh. It's days like this I miss Pedro. But then, this was alreadya a game I had wiped out as a loss (Clement's bad start prior to the rain out all but ensured that), plus there was the usual Sox-against-rookies thing going on.
It's September and the Sox are 3 games up. And Foulke is back and seemingly fine. So, loss or no loss, I shall bask in that thought.
Here's hoping all y'all enjoyed the long weekend. The Sox continued to wear white beyond Labour Day on the makeup of the rained out game against the White Sox, but what the hey, any team with Kevin Millar isn't going to be very fashion conscious. Anyway, it looks like Curt Schilling's splitter is somewhat back. He definitely didn't seem to be in pain pushing off. And nice pickoff of Podsednik. Unfortunately, his command left something to be desired.
The more I look back at it the more it seems like a miracle that the 2004 Sox rotation made it through the entire season basically injury-free. Pedro, Schilling, Wakefield, Lowe, Arroyo.
Nice comeback against Bobby Jenks, he of the 100mph pitch, even if it fell short. Speed ain't everything.
Sigh. It's days like this I miss Pedro. But then, this was alreadya a game I had wiped out as a loss (Clement's bad start prior to the rain out all but ensured that), plus there was the usual Sox-against-rookies thing going on.
It's September and the Sox are 3 games up. And Foulke is back and seemingly fine. So, loss or no loss, I shall bask in that thought.
nice walk off by Ortiz...yeah baby!
as of now...my A's are tied 1-1 against the Mariners through the 5th...so if we win, we'll be 1/2 behind the Angels
i don't know if you've read Moneyball, but Kevin Youkilis gets lotsa pub in this book (the greek god of walk)
anyway...i admire your enthusiasm for the Red Sox from so faraway...the Red Sox owe the A's a lot...from Terry Francona to Kevin Foulke to the Moneyball doctrine, hell, if Billy Beane wasn't such a megalomaniac he probably would be the Red Sox GM by now.
Also, the Red Sox faithful coined their moniker after "The Raider Nation"...as always, California leads the way
as of now...my A's are tied 1-1 against the Mariners through the 5th...so if we win, we'll be 1/2 behind the Angels
i don't know if you've read Moneyball, but Kevin Youkilis gets lotsa pub in this book (the greek god of walk)
anyway...i admire your enthusiasm for the Red Sox from so faraway...the Red Sox owe the A's a lot...from Terry Francona to Kevin Foulke to the Moneyball doctrine, hell, if Billy Beane wasn't such a megalomaniac he probably would be the Red Sox GM by now.
Also, the Red Sox faithful coined their moniker after "The Raider Nation"...as always, California leads the way
Yeah, I've read Moneyball a few times... :)
It would be interesting to think of Beane as the Sox GM. What would have changed?
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It would be interesting to think of Beane as the Sox GM. What would have changed?
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