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but for us, happy happy days. i never thought we'd be back so soon.
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Seriously, I'm not sure who pisses me off more right now, Lugo or Millar.
At least the team that should be there from one league made it.
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But Jacoby is just electric. Sparkplug for years to come (or, hopefully, at least one more series).
ran over blake to let a relatively easy pop-up drop in for a hit. that led to the big rally. didn't really matter tho, cuz they didn't score any more.
I wouldn't worry about Sabathia that much. Not only has he pitched 210 innings before but he's 27 and should be physically mature. There has to be some age
that you can handle an innings increase. With Carmona, the concern is there but it's no automatic thing. I'd be more worry that this is his career year and
that he'll closer to average for a certain time.
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I can't wait!! Thursday morning at 10am (10.23 - probably)
The countdown has begun!!
Does Gagne get dropped for Tavarez?
The series should be interesting, but like I've been saying all year, we have the best team and should win this thing.
C'mon Darren, are you confident yet?
Go sox.
I'm hearing rumors the Indians may change their logo to this next season. Chief Wahoo is out, Chief Sisyphus is in.
Only slightly, very slightly, hungover on a fine Monday morn. WHO-HOO!!!
That's misleading. Into the eighth, Games 5 and 7 were close. The Sox led 4-1 in Game 5, 5-2 in Game 7, and the Indians had the tying run at the plate with no one out in the eighth inning of the latter (which brought Papelbon into the game, in a save situation).
-- MWE
The 2 best teams in the AL went 7 games, and the outcome was in doubt until late in the last game. That's close.
Or that's he 40. Age and retire already! [checking] Almost all of his age 31 comps had retired in their early 30's, except for Griffey Sr. and Wally Moses.
That said, I'll take the win, and the 11-2 result makes me sleep better with the injustice.
(We all know how McCarver would have reacted.)
I probably would have been annoyed at the call but more annoyed at McCarver.
The fact is, it was a bang-bang play, close enough that Lofton didn't even argue. Indeed, an Indians team that has done a lot of complaining about the umpiring didn't complain in this case.
The reality is that Lofton miscalculated, Manny made a nice deke and a fantastic throw, Pedroia made a quick tag. The Sox got lucky on that call, yes, but luck in this case was very much the residue of design.
I think you have to seriously consider either (a) starting Wakefield at home in Game 2 or (b) starting Lester on the road in Game 4. The latter makes more intuitive sense to me.
I think Tito/Eps will keep it as it is in order to maximize the likelihood of going up 2-0 and taking their chances of stealing
one away.
And phooey on those of you above who totally screwed with the layout of the page with your screaming.
Betancourt's dreadfulness definitely makes the issue-- well, if not moot, at least less glaring. Maybe he pitches better with the game on the line (or in hand?), maybe not. But he was going to pitch in that game at some point.
As for the WS rotation: Beckett, Schilling, Matsuzaka seems like a given. There's some rumbling about Wake's back, so that 4-spot might be up in the air. Lester?
A guy with a 107 OPS+ at who put together a good year at 40 and is only playing left field because Grady Sizemore is there is that good.
When you ned up losing 11-2, it gets a little silly complaining about 1 call. 1 call isn't going to make a 9 run difference.
Great, can I please stop hearing about the 1999 ALCS then?
Great, can I please stop hearing about the 1999 ALCS then?
there was more than one horrible call in that series.
I don't think this comes up all that often. But I also know that the phantom tag was far more egregious than anything that happened during this series. The ump actually apologized for that one. Lofton didn't even argue the call last night.
Seriously, though, who starts game 4 for the Sox?
But I also know that the phantom tag was far more egregious than anything that happened during this series.
OK, guess not then.
you brought it up.
I think starting him in Game 4 (if healthy) is a good idea, but only if you have both Ellsbury and Crisp in the OF... and maybe Drew as well.
I fear Manny will be Manny in LF at Coors and lose us at least 1 game there.
But the bigger issue here is how many games in Colorado do you start Ortiz at 1B/Youkilis at 3B or Ortiz at 1B/Lowell at 3B or sit Ortiz for a PH gig?
The Ortiz at 1B thing wasn't really an issue in 2004 because Millar 2004 < Youkilis 2007, but it will be a huge mix-and-match problem here.
(Is there any way to fix the layout? Someone with the keys deleting a few letters and exclamation points from the early exultations?)
I'm not overly concerned with him starting at Coors, but I am if conditions are awful. Of course, if he has a short leash and
Lester is the 1st guy out of the pen, I'd be OK with trying Wakefield either way. There's always the chance the knuckleball
dances like mad and Colorado probably doesn't have too much experience against it.
but it will be a huge mix-and-match problem here.
Don't you HAVE to start Ortiz all three games and fill in the rest later? Let Youk or Lowell PH for Lugo
and/or come in for D in the late innings when you're ahead. Ortiz has to stay in the lineup, period.
The thing you worry about with Wakefield is a 35 degree game night where he can't "feel" the ball right and gets hammered.
The weather in Denver for games 3-5 is expected to be pretty mild (50s and 60s).
If the Sox don't win the first 2 games at home, however, it will be a tough call to sit Ortiz for any of the away games.
If it's the #4 starter going in Game 4, I'd run Lester out there
I was all for starting Lester earlier in the playoffs, but at this point, I'm worried about the long layoff - when's the last time he started a game?
Maybe Ortiz sits in game 5, with the lefty Francis presumably starting.
Luckiest bunch of lucks who ever lucked.
He was set up to fail.
Btw, my priorities for the rotation:
1) Schilling does not start on the road
2) Wakefield does not start on the road (the knuckler doesnt' knuckle in Denver)
3) Beckett does not start on short rest, which means he will not go 147
I'd go: Wakefield/Schilling/Beckett/Daisuke/Lester/Schilling/Beckett
You avoid Wake and Curt on the road, and Beckett pitches on full rest.
I like the idea of Beckett pitching Game 3, if only because he's likely our best-hitting
pitcher. (Now, if only we can teach Ortiz to play SS...) The obvious drawback is if
Boston ends up losing the other 3 of the first 4 games, he's not yet available for Game
5. The nice part about the ALCS was that our best pitcher was used twice in the first
five games; as it turned out that was pretty useful.
Playing Youkilis over Ortiz against a lefty makes sense to me, but can someone explain the thinking behind sitting Lowell? I don't get it.
According to Baseball-Reference, Wakefiled has pitched in Coors twice:
I Split G GS GF W L S CG SHO IP ERA H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP
+-+------------+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+------+----+----+----+---+----+---+----+---+
COL-MileHigh Std 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 9.31 17 10 10 1 6 1 4 0
and no, those aren't good numbers.
I believe one of those starts was back in his pittsburgh days, but not sure.
At mile high I'd rest Ortiz against lefties. Youks is freaking killing the ball now, hate to see him out of the lineup, but moving him to third is a bit of a gamble. Also I'd like to see Elsbury moved up in the lineup, having him set the table for Lugo and a pitcher would be a waste of his talents:
(if Ortiz in) Elsbury, Pedroia, Ortiz, Manny, Lowell, Drew, Tek, Lugo, Pitcher
(else) Pedroia, Elsbury, Youks, Manny, Drew, Lowell, Tek, Lugo, Pitcher
The obvious place to use Ortiz (or Youks) off the bench is for Lugo or the pitcher. I'm actually excited for NL park, because I think we have a solid bench that doesn't come into play or get used like it should in AL parks.
Surely Lowell could play SS as well as Lugo did last night. The way he misjudged the Lofton popup was very poor fielding. I can see sitting Papi against a lefty at Coors, but to lose Youk right now is tragic...he is on fire. Ironically Papi hasn't done much in the last two games, but for him thats pretty meaningless. I would assume that Lowell at some stage(high school maybe) has tried his hand at SS. Yes, I agree and infield of Youk(3B), Lowell(SS), Pedroia and Papi is brutal on paper but who knows.
Does Ellsbury start from now on?
First off, they have no idea what Youkilis' name is or how to pronounce it, so they keep calling him "Captain Y" or "Yakovich." Then when a caller asks what the Sox lineup will be under the NL rules, the guy says, "No way they take Yakovich out of the lineup for Ortiz — no way. He's their hottest hitter!"
Then they went through the lineups player by player, and declared every single position player on the Rockies to be better individually than their Red Sox counterpart— with the exception of Lowell. They granted DH to Ortiz in Fenway.
There are only 2 positions where this is an egregious error. Those are big errors, but hey, 6/8 isn't bad!
Also, I wanted to point something out to you fellas. Watch this:
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See how I did that? I got all excited and made a big long word but I broke it up! :)
There are only two positions where this is an error at all, right? They called Lowell; obviously Varitek is better than Torrealba and Pedroia is better than Matsui. Otherwise, if we're just talking about this season... they've pretty much got us covered, don't they? I suppose when you factor in defense as well, Crisp might surpass Taveras (and I'm leaving Ellsbury out of the equation for the moment). But Taveras is decent in the field, isn't he? And he's hit better.
Of course, this is without any league adjustment.
And is Helton vs. Youkilis a clear win for them? Even Manny vs. Holiday might be more of a push than at first glance, despite the defensive difference, now that Manny's fully healthy and controlling the strike zone in Manny Classic fashion, better than he has all year.
I think I found the source of the problem.
Matt Holliday put up a 150 OPS+ this year at age 27, Manny put up a 126. Manny appears to be hitting better right now than he has all season, and has put up huge numbers in the past, obviously, so maybe you give the Sox this one.
But Helton/Youkilis definitely goes to the Rockies, I think.
Rockies pretty much filled all their holes, though; they seem like a very balanced team.
Holliday's for real, has some problems with plate discipline at times; seems like a good fielder for a LF to me (despite his miscue against the Phillies..was it?) Atkins can hit, can take the ball to the opposite field. He's a poor defender (bad range) so he's not as good as Lowell. Carroll plays 3rd when the Rockies are ahead in late innings. Hawpe is a better hitter than Drew, '07 edition, but has probs vs. lefties. Not that I advocate bringing in Lopez for him. Very sweet lefty uppercut. Not so much range, but a strong and amazingly accurate throwing arm, esp. considering he's a converted first baseman.
Helton doesn't run so well, otherwise, he's still a good fielder. Very selective (but you know that). They'll start Taveras but I don't think Sullivan or Spillborghs are far behind him. Taveras is fun to watch, though, because of his wheels. (MCoA called it earlier this season when I asked...Ellsbury is Taveras with power.) An OF of Sullivan, Hawpe, and Holliday is very nice in the large CO outfield...all have good arms for their positions.
Tulowitzki you know. Out Jeters Jeter on the jump throw from the hole, seems to make a memorable play every other game. Decent power, has been chasing the high pitch when over-eager (e.g., start of this season, and in much of the playoffs).
The pen has been pretty deep and reliable considering all the retreads. Herges and Hawkins are the 5th-7th inning guys, and with a lead they love to go Fuentes in the 8th and Corpas in the 9th.
It will be interesting to see how Jiminez does. Great stuff w/an odd motion, but he suffers through bouts of wildness and the Sox' selectiveness could kill him.
Yup. Tall (6'5") and skinny, face of a 12 yr old. Odd motion, the ball comes out real low, sort of like Sid Fernandez, although without the killer curveball. Francis doesn't throw hard (89-90).
Hmm, the Rockies were fifth in the NL in WHIP but turned the 2nd most DP's. Might see more of that annoying rally killing by the Sox.
Tony Kubek is unable to retort, because his throat stings too much to speak.
The only issue is Lester's FB/HR tendencies - he's also not the ideal thin air pitcher. I guess you could make a case for Tavarez, as a sinkerballer, but I'd probably stick with Lester.
The trouble with Wake in long relief is it forces the Sox to either pull Tek for Mirabelli or let Varitek catch the knuckler, neither an appetizing prospect. In mop-up duty, of course, it doesn't matter.
Yeah, so he's probably relegated to mop-up duty, which is a shame since most Colorado hitters would not have had much exposure to the knuckler and as such it might be a more effective weapon against them than it would be against an AL opponent.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2007/news/story?id=3075978
You have a good team and have a decent chance against the National League's best team, but don't forget the Series is still yet to be played.
You were simply very lucky to make it to the World Series yet you talk like it is your birthright.
Frankly I hope you lose and get what's coming to you.
;););)
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