“These were the happy days, the salad days as they say…” H. I. McDunnough.
“We need a Beckett, we don’t have one, and he’s the one that can do it.” Steinbrenner said.
This quote, the worry about the “cursed jersey”, I even heard Yankees fans chanting “Boston Sucks” during one of the games in NY last week…..
Talk about role reversal!
Meanwhile, has anyone noticed how friggin loose the Sox are playing right now? In NY last week there were a few plays where the reactions of the Sox players were almost as if they were playing a game?! How bizarre. It’s like they are actually enjoying themselves out there! On the play where Melkytoast threw behind Ortiz at second base, Ortiz laughed and pointed as if to say, “You almost got me with that trick play you little devil!”…meanwhile Melkytoast didn’t even crack a grimmace. Ditto when Sean Casey was surprised by Wang with a quick swivel and almost-throw to second (only there was no one to throw to) was left scrambling on all fours to get back to the bag the entire Sox team enjoyed it so much they were still teasing him a few innings later…
Right now it’s all Peaches and Cream (I stole that quote from Kevin Garnett).
The sox have 5 starters with OBP’s over .400 and in 6th is a guy named Pedroia who is hitting .337 with an OBP of .398. Heck, if we could just trade Lugo away and put Lowrie at short (or put him at second and move Pedroia over) we’d have another guy close to .400 as well (.389 OBP) >And the capper? None of these guys is Ortiz! So, if Ortiz gets going (which he will) we could conceivably field a nine man team with 8 +.400 OBP guys! Has that ever happened? In a game where everyone gets 4 at bats (36 at bats/game) that would mean you would expect the team to reach base 14 times per game, on average!
All that and smiles too. Imagine if the young pitching comes around by mid-summer.
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Im slowly moving to the realization that sox need to get jed lowrie into the lineup on a regular basis. but not convinced he has the range for shortstop. same with pedroia.
yes…neither could be worse than lugo trying ot make throws out there. can we get rangers to take lugo for kason gabbard? no idea why…but i want gabbard back. if only to take bad aftertaste still lingering from gagne failure.
or is it time to release cora and turn lugo into the “super sub”? he also has late inning pinch runner benefits.
I think cora stays. he’s one of “those guys”.
how could either of us know anything about either lowrie or pedroia’s range at short? based on the way the sox manage their personnel i would be shocked if they move pedroia, he’s too much of a success at second. the thing is, where do you put lowrie? if he can play short you have to bite the bullet and trade lugo, maybe you can package him with crisp?
if he can’t lay short, we’ll have to trade him. I don’t like the idea of trading him after seeing what he can do but when is he going to get playing time (other than injuries) with Yuke, Pedroia and Lowell in front of him?
Maybe they could trade him to a team with a top catching prospect?
It would suck to lose him though, he’s definitely a winner.