Wednesday, October 15, 2003
RUMBLINGS
• Manny swinging at a 1-0 curveball grounding out with the bases loaded. What da F$@#!
• Nomah now has struck out eight times in 39 post-season at-bats. The good folks over at Sox Therapy have been discussing the cause for his slump for sometime. The traditional media has just begun to write about it.
• The biggest difference between DLowe 02 and 03 is the walk rate. It hurt him again yesterday in the second.
• End the high, out of the zone fastball strategy when the count is 0-2 or 1-2. They are not taking the bait.
• The Sox lack of offensive production in the second season is directly related to an OBP of 290 in the Oakland series and 309 to date in the ALCS. It is not solely the lack of timely hits. The Sox are not getting enough opportunities for clutch hits too.
• Rob Neyer would ask Suppan to give you his three best innings, ask Burkett for the same, and see if your bullpen can get you through the last three. Yes, it's radical. But losing conventionally isn't any better than losing radically. It is a good notion, but having two similar pitchers follow one another is not a good option. Burkett for three, Wake for one, Charles in Charge Arroyo for two, then give the ball to Timlin, Embree and Williamson for an inning apiece.
• Doug Marshall, 35, a Giants fan from San Francisco, said he came to Boston this weekend because he loves baseball and wants to see history. "I don't think it got out of hand at all," he said. "We live in a vanilla world and finally someone comes out and they show they have some passion, and then people want to criticize them for it. In the Bay Area, nobody has this kind of passion about sports. That's why I wanted to come here to be a part of it" (Weiss and Rosenwald, Globe).
• Darren Rovell found out that scoring tickets in Boston is like nowhere else as well.
• Did you see Lawyer?" asked Derek Lowe, today's starter. "I told him that he should come play baseball. In our game, they don't cut you when you become too good or too expensive. In our game, we ain't gonna cut you (Holley, Globe).
• Word on the street from my pal, Steve and the Tribune is that three security guards ejected one fan after throwing beer. "I hope you're happy," the man screamed. "You cost us a [expletive] World Series." Another fan yelled, "You could tell we're better than Boston or he'd be dead already." Proof that Sox fans deserve a W.S. more than Cubs fans. Stupidity should not be rewarded.
I STILL BELIEVE!
• Manny swinging at a 1-0 curveball grounding out with the bases loaded. What da F$@#!
• Nomah now has struck out eight times in 39 post-season at-bats. The good folks over at Sox Therapy have been discussing the cause for his slump for sometime. The traditional media has just begun to write about it.
• The biggest difference between DLowe 02 and 03 is the walk rate. It hurt him again yesterday in the second.
• End the high, out of the zone fastball strategy when the count is 0-2 or 1-2. They are not taking the bait.
• The Sox lack of offensive production in the second season is directly related to an OBP of 290 in the Oakland series and 309 to date in the ALCS. It is not solely the lack of timely hits. The Sox are not getting enough opportunities for clutch hits too.
• Rob Neyer would ask Suppan to give you his three best innings, ask Burkett for the same, and see if your bullpen can get you through the last three. Yes, it's radical. But losing conventionally isn't any better than losing radically. It is a good notion, but having two similar pitchers follow one another is not a good option. Burkett for three, Wake for one, Charles in Charge Arroyo for two, then give the ball to Timlin, Embree and Williamson for an inning apiece.
• Doug Marshall, 35, a Giants fan from San Francisco, said he came to Boston this weekend because he loves baseball and wants to see history. "I don't think it got out of hand at all," he said. "We live in a vanilla world and finally someone comes out and they show they have some passion, and then people want to criticize them for it. In the Bay Area, nobody has this kind of passion about sports. That's why I wanted to come here to be a part of it" (Weiss and Rosenwald, Globe).
• Darren Rovell found out that scoring tickets in Boston is like nowhere else as well.
• Did you see Lawyer?" asked Derek Lowe, today's starter. "I told him that he should come play baseball. In our game, they don't cut you when you become too good or too expensive. In our game, we ain't gonna cut you (Holley, Globe).
• Word on the street from my pal, Steve and the Tribune is that three security guards ejected one fan after throwing beer. "I hope you're happy," the man screamed. "You cost us a [expletive] World Series." Another fan yelled, "You could tell we're better than Boston or he'd be dead already." Proof that Sox fans deserve a W.S. more than Cubs fans. Stupidity should not be rewarded.
I STILL BELIEVE!
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