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The 2011 Boston Red Sox: This Space for Rent

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SteveF said:
i dont think either of those homeruns were fastballs.. looked like a bad changeup then a bad slider. though you could argue that a 91 mph changeup is still a fastball!
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Busted. :o

I was watching the Bruins when he served up those gophers. I'm just not a Bard fan. His control is poor, his fastball overrated, and his changeup ranges from barely serviceable to pointless (when he's throwing it 91-92).

The kid can throw, but he needs a lot of work before he can pitch.
 
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Quite the weekend.

If I hadn't been pizzed off because I had already wasted a fine Saturday afternoon watching the Bruins debacle:mad:, and because the Sox blew a chance to move into first place:mad:, I would have found Saturday's game very entertaining:cool:. Haven't seen an inning like that since my son stopped playing coach-pitch baseball:eek:.

Nice to see Wake have a good game.:)
 
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Bard strikes again.

After blowing 70% (7 of 10) of his save opportunities last season, you had to figure this year would be better.

And it is. After tonight, he's still 100% (blown 2 of 2).

Please, Francona. Figure this out. If you're playing the Cubs, fine. But if your opponent's record is > .500, Bard is not your setup guy.
 
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I thought everyone wanted Bard to be the closer last year and move Papelbon to be the setup guy? :confused: :rolleyes:
 
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ScottK said:
I thought everyone wanted Bard to be the closer last year and move Papelbon to be the setup guy? :confused: :rolleyes:
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Nah, "everyone" wanted to trade Papelbon or let him walk, because we have Bard and Jenks.
 
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Time to maybe work Crawford back up in the order?

April: 15 for 97 (.155)
May (thru 5/26): 32 for 96 (.333)
 
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amherstblackbear said:
Time to maybe work Crawford back up in the order?

April: 15 for 97 (.155)
May (thru 5/26): 32 for 96 (.333)
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Yeah, the simple thing would be to flip him and Drew (when JD returns), but I'd like to see him moved to 5. Having him on base could create havoc with the Ortiz shift, and Papi wouldn't be clogging the bases.
 
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amherstblackbear said:
Time to maybe work Crawford back up in the order?

April: 15 for 97 (.155)
May (thru 5/26): 32 for 96 (.333)
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The team in general, and Crawford specifically, are doing quite well right now, so why change things up?
 
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I see your point, but . . . change is inevitable. I mean, the team that did so well the last couple days had Drew Sutton and Josh Reddick in the lineup.

Not to mention that Crawford's 2 big days happened after he was bumped from 8th to 6th. The team was already doing well, and those changes didn't exactly bring things to a screeching halt.

I'm just wondering if Francona might want to get Crawford more ABs now that the worst of the slump seems to be behind him. I guess going from 8th to 6th is a start...
 
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amherstblackbear said:
I see your point, but . . . change is inevitable. I mean, the team that did so well the last couple days had Drew Sutton and Josh Reddick in the lineup.

Not to mention that Crawford's 2 big days happened after he was bumped from 8th to 6th. The team was already doing well, and those changes didn't exactly bring things to a screeching halt.

I'm just wondering if Francona might want to get Crawford more ABs now that the worst of the slump seems to be behind him. I guess going from 8th to 6th is a start...
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Ellsbury
Pedroia (when healthy)
Gonzalez
Youkilis
Ortiz

Which one do you really want to move out of the Top 5 of the lineup?
 
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If Crawford is dialed in, I'd rather see him hit in front of Ortiz than behind him.

ETA

It *is* a tough call. They're too loaded on lefties. Francona could go back to the beginning of the year lineup, but Gonzalez has been so productive, it would be hard to put him back to #5. Which leaves only one other way to put Crawford in the top-3 -- batting Youk 5th. That's a hard decision, too. (Ellsbury, Pedroia, Crawford, Gonzalez, Youk, Ortiz). Whichever way you choose, there's no getting around the fact that 4 of the top 6 hitters are lefties. There will be back-to-back lefties any way you cut it.

Barring injuries, suspensions, etc, which could "solve" the problem, I guess I'd be willing to go with Crawford batting 5th and Ortiz 6th. The benefit of that lineup (or last night's) is that you keep the left-right alternation up through the top 5 spots. As opposed to having consecutive lefties in the middle of the top 6 (ex: 3-Crawford, 4-Gonzalez).

Adrian Gonzalez could solve all of this by just learning to hit right-handed. :p
 
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With all the hoopla about the Bruins, it's kind of hard to miss that the Red Sox have woken up this morning........in. First. Place.
 
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Well poop, tonights game is PPD and they'll play a day/nite tomorrow. However the E$PN contract prohibits those of us outside the Boston DMA from watching the night game.

In the small world department. An exerpt from tomorrow's baseball notes in the Globe:

Kaline was very close to Harmon Killebrew and spoke about the loss of his old friend and contemporary. Kaline is one of the classiest men to ever wear a uniform. I mention in tomorrow's Sunday Baseball Notes about the meeting his granddaughter had with Mike Yastrzemski, Carl's grandson. The two kids of these Hall of Famers are students at Vanderbilt University.
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Scarlet said:
With all the hoopla about the Bruins, it's kind of hard to miss that the Red Sox have woken up this morning........in. First. Place.
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A great day for Boston sports. Sox with a big lead before the hockey game started. Great hockey game. Wake up to find the Mariners rallied.

The way they're playing, the last thing they want is a rainout.
 
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joecct said:
Well poop, tonights game is PPD and they'll play a day/nite tomorrow. However the E$PN contract prohibits those of us outside the Boston DMA from watching the night game.

In the small world department. An exerpt from tomorrow's baseball notes in the Globe:
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MLB has some of the worst blackout restrictions. For Saturday's games (Fox) anything after a 4pm start is blacked out. For Sunday...anything 7pm or later is blacked out as well. You are lucky the game will be shown in local markets if that is the case.
 
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And the good fortune continues. Mariners score on Mo Rivera in the bottom of the twelfth. Let's hope that the Red Sox take better advantage of some Yankee stumbles than the Yankees took advantage of the Red Sox poor start.
 
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MLB has some of the worst blackout restrictions. For Saturday's games (Fox) anything after a 4pm start is blacked out. For Sunday...anything 7pm or later is blacked out as well. You are lucky the game will be shown in local markets if that is the case.
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Nobody is watching Beckett vs. Verlander tonight. Guess the Memorial Cup final is it.
 
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NMU8405 said:
MLB has some of the worst blackout restrictions. For Saturday's games (Fox) anything after a 4pm start is blacked out. For Sunday...anything 7pm or later is blacked out as well. You are lucky the game will be shown in local markets if that is the case.
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Saturdays are the worst. Fox always has at least 2 games, and when they pick up the Red Sox, I almost always get the other game. Which means that even though I bought MLB.tv . . . no Red Sox for me. :mad:
 
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Well . . . VMart was never that great at throwing runners out when he was in BOS. Nice to see Red Sox taking advantage of that early.

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I wrote that after 2 SBs in the first inning. Make it 4 now. The Boston Red Rays? Devil Sox?
 
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