Thursday, June 19, 2003
Okay. I was wrong about Loaiza. He was very effective by only allowing one run over eight innings while striking out six and only walking a batter. Loaiza's cut fastball had everyone other than Damon fooled most of the night. For the most part, he would start it in to the right-handers and the pitch would tail back in over the plate. Loaiza used that pitch to set up the hitters. He also used a sweeping slider going away from right-handers as an out pitch. Loaiza's fastball had good velocity hitting 91-93 mph while putting it exactly where he wanted throughout the whole outing. An off-speed pitch would make Loaiza very very tough.
It is academic, but Grady "Chicken" Little should not have brought in Rudy Seanez when the Sox were only down by one. The Red Sox have three quality RP: Lyon, Timlin and Embree. Before tonight, Embree hadn't pitched in a couple of days. He would have been a better choice to start the inning. Instead, Little waits until Seanez gives up one and loads the bases before going to the right RP to get out of the inning.
Little further damages my opinion of him (like he cares) by saying that In Trot “we trust” Nixon has ''earned the right'' not to be platooned against lefties…(Hohler, Boston Globe). This is STUPID. Nixon’s numbers versus southpaws (AVG/OBP/SLG in AB):
03 – 200/275/378 in 45
00-02 – 230/319/339 in 274
How exactly has Nixon “earned the right”? This season he actually fared worst against lefties. I guess Nixon has not “earned the right” at the plate. Has he “earned the right” by picking up Little’s dry cleaning, washing his car, taking his dog out for walks, wiping his ass?
Let it be known that “Chicken” Little is a lame duck manager; Theo is watching. It would be great if Theo brings in a RF who mashes lefties. The move would be very telling.
Other notes:
Both Manny and Nomar made nice plays in the field.
Damon appears to be out of his usual spring slump.
Wake needs to cut down on the walks to be consistently effective.
What's the deal with Billy Koch only hitting 92 on the gun? Could this be a blessing in disguise so he has to throw breaking balls?
It is academic, but Grady "Chicken" Little should not have brought in Rudy Seanez when the Sox were only down by one. The Red Sox have three quality RP: Lyon, Timlin and Embree. Before tonight, Embree hadn't pitched in a couple of days. He would have been a better choice to start the inning. Instead, Little waits until Seanez gives up one and loads the bases before going to the right RP to get out of the inning.
Little further damages my opinion of him (like he cares) by saying that In Trot “we trust” Nixon has ''earned the right'' not to be platooned against lefties…(Hohler, Boston Globe). This is STUPID. Nixon’s numbers versus southpaws (AVG/OBP/SLG in AB):
03 – 200/275/378 in 45
00-02 – 230/319/339 in 274
How exactly has Nixon “earned the right”? This season he actually fared worst against lefties. I guess Nixon has not “earned the right” at the plate. Has he “earned the right” by picking up Little’s dry cleaning, washing his car, taking his dog out for walks, wiping his ass?
Let it be known that “Chicken” Little is a lame duck manager; Theo is watching. It would be great if Theo brings in a RF who mashes lefties. The move would be very telling.
Other notes:
Both Manny and Nomar made nice plays in the field.
Damon appears to be out of his usual spring slump.
Wake needs to cut down on the walks to be consistently effective.
What's the deal with Billy Koch only hitting 92 on the gun? Could this be a blessing in disguise so he has to throw breaking balls?
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