El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

The last time the Sox faced Ted Lilly, Toronto's starter last night, Damon fouled a ball off his left knee April 9 and was forced out of the game in the fourth inning. Damon also missed the next two games. So with Damon's knee still recovering from the injury, the Sox opted against exposing him to more of Lilly's stuff.

Or is the reason the number of bonehead plays he has been making like misplaying fly balls and forgetting the number of outs on the bases?

BTW, over the last three seasons, Kapler is 280/3388/441 and Damon is 280/337/414 against southpaws so splits were not a factor. In general based on the numbers, the best lineup would have had Damon, Kapler in the outfield and Millar at first with Ortiz on the bench. Mo Lite has historically been awful against LHP 213/265/413. Burks should be penciled in the lineup for Ortiz not Damon.

I really don’t like sh!tting on Damon or anyone, but the mainstream media is out to lunch on this one. I badly want the Damon who sprayed balls around Kauffman Stadium at a tune of 327/382/495 in 2000. If memory serves, Damon had a 4-for-4 or 5-for-5 game against the Sox at Fenway…just a huge game, which was a factor that contributed to Double D overpaying for the average centerfielder.

Other notes:
• Manny is Pedro’s spokesperson. Is Manny a better speaker than W?
• Steroids don’t help much with pitch recognition and plate discipline. Bonds is sick.
• MFY fans bought me a shot last night. They all aren’t that evil.