Monday, May 10, 2004
POKEYMAN POWER
I got to see two rare occurrences in baseball on Saturday – an inside the park home run and a conventional home run hit by the same player (I witnessed Junior Felix hit one off the anti-Christ back in 1989) and a complete game – combined with a Red Sox win = Good Baseball. Good Baseball + Good Weather + Good Food and Drink + Good Friends = Very Good Times.
Unfortunately, we are unlikely to see any more displays of PokeyMan power and along with his fellow out machines – Kapler and Mueller – have, until recently stalled the Sox offense. (RSN also needs to thank Juan Gone for his lackadaisical play out in right aiding in Pokey’s first homer and Manny scoring the game winner on Friday night.) Any lineup with three hitters with OBPs less than 330 is going to fall into slumps. Last season, the Sox did not have one everyday player with an OBP less than 330. Three out machines kill big innings by decreasing the number of opportunities for a hit with runner(s) in scoring position.
Fortunately over the past week, Mueller’s OBP is 345 and Pokey is at 417 and the offense reminds RSN of last year’s historical lineup. Mueller will be fine but until Nixon and Nomar return to form, the offense is going to continue to have its ups and downs.
Other Notes:
Vermont native and former Red Sox prospect makes Scott Rosenthal’s Inside Dish.
Tyler Pelland, 20, has an above-average curveball, and a scout who saw him recently says he has carved up the opposition.
RSN needs to pull for the Royals so that Carlos Beltran does not become a MFY in July. Do not be surprised when the Sox make a hard push for Beltran over the winter. He is a star.
I got to see two rare occurrences in baseball on Saturday – an inside the park home run and a conventional home run hit by the same player (I witnessed Junior Felix hit one off the anti-Christ back in 1989) and a complete game – combined with a Red Sox win = Good Baseball. Good Baseball + Good Weather + Good Food and Drink + Good Friends = Very Good Times.
Unfortunately, we are unlikely to see any more displays of PokeyMan power and along with his fellow out machines – Kapler and Mueller – have, until recently stalled the Sox offense. (RSN also needs to thank Juan Gone for his lackadaisical play out in right aiding in Pokey’s first homer and Manny scoring the game winner on Friday night.) Any lineup with three hitters with OBPs less than 330 is going to fall into slumps. Last season, the Sox did not have one everyday player with an OBP less than 330. Three out machines kill big innings by decreasing the number of opportunities for a hit with runner(s) in scoring position.
Fortunately over the past week, Mueller’s OBP is 345 and Pokey is at 417 and the offense reminds RSN of last year’s historical lineup. Mueller will be fine but until Nixon and Nomar return to form, the offense is going to continue to have its ups and downs.
Other Notes:
Vermont native and former Red Sox prospect makes Scott Rosenthal’s Inside Dish.
Tyler Pelland, 20, has an above-average curveball, and a scout who saw him recently says he has carved up the opposition.
RSN needs to pull for the Royals so that Carlos Beltran does not become a MFY in July. Do not be surprised when the Sox make a hard push for Beltran over the winter. He is a star.
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