Sunday, May 02, 2004
SOX SWEPT IN DOUBLEHEADER
Ugh. The winning streak comes to a screeching hault.
Boston Red Sox 8
Texas Rangers 12
W: Erasmo Ramirez (1-1), Joaquin Benoit (1-0)
L: Mark Malaska (1-1), Pedro Martinez (3-2)
S: Francisco Cordero 2 (8, 9)
H: Jeff Nelson (6)
BS: Scott Williamson (1)
The bullpen's scoreless streak ended at 32.1 innings. The offense really faltered in the first game and Pedro sucked in the second game. The Sox were completely outclassed by the Rangers who look really good so far. They have some quality young pitchers, some solid releivers and alot of good athletes playing the field and hitting. Arroyo pitched well in what may have been his last start for awhile. He should be a good bullpen player and spot starter.
The Man of the Game for Game 1 is Kevin Mench. He only went 1 for 4 but he had an outfield assist and robbed Johnny Damon of a hit twice.
The Bitch-Goat for Game 1 shall be divided thusly:
Mark Malaska: 0.3 - ER in 0.0 IP
Scott Williamson: 0.2 - ER in 2.0 IP
Bronson Arroyo: 0.1 - 2 ER in 6.0 IP
Bill Mueller: 0.2 - 0 for 5, 2 Ks, 4 LOB, last out of the game with the tying run on second
Manny Ramirez: 0.2 - 0 for 4, 4 Ks, 3 LOB
The Man of the Game for Game 2 is Rod Barajas. He went 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI. He had two doubles.
The Bitch-Goat shall be divided thusly:
Pedro Martinez: 0.7 - 6 ER in 4.0 IP
Mark Malaska: 0.1 - 2 ER in 1.0 IP
Crespo: 0.1 - 0 for 4, 5 LOB
Kapler: 0.1 - 0 for 3, 4 LOB
In my opinion, Pedro should have started game 1. It was a very cold night in Texas and Pedro has not pitched well in cold situations this year.
Wakefield takes on Dickey tonight on ESPN.
PEDRO TO TEST FREE AGENCY
Article
Personally, I can't blame Pedro for this but it still pisses me off. I'm not pissed at him, I'm pissed at the system. If I were in Pedro's shoes, I'd be aggravated that I hadn't been offered a contract. If I were the Red Sox, I wouldn't offer him a contract at least until the All-Star break to see how he pitches and if he's consistent enough. I understand and agree with the actions taken by both the club and Pedro. Each have their own interests in mind and each sohuld act upon them.
Epstein response:
The goal of the Boston Red Sox is to build a team every year that can compete for, and win, a World Series. These are our core values: team over individual, a World Series over everything else.
Although building a winning team is our primary focus, we have the utmost respect and admiration for our individual players and the sacrifices and contributions they make to help the organization achieve its goals.
We respect our players. We tell our players the truth. We listen to our players. We protect our players. We negotiate with our players in good faith, and we make every effort not to discuss these negotiations in public. We want our players to succeed, and we do everything we can to help them win.
Sometimes, however, our commitment to building winning teams, every year, means that we will have disagreements with our players about the length and precise value of their next contracts. These disagreements are unfortunate but they are inevitable. They will be resolved in time. In the meantime, we continue to focus on our most important mission: winning.
The Celtics got a new head coach. Story
ROTATION THOUGHTS
I've been doing some thinking lately and what the Sox have done with the rotation, skipping guy's turns on rainouts and jamming Wakefield in between Pedro and Kurt etc, so anyway I decided to come up with how I would set-up the rotation due to rainouts and series with New York. Here it is:
Date - Opponent - Who Started- Who I Would've Started
4/4 - @ BAL - Martinez - Martinez
4/5 - OFF
4/6 - @ BAL - Schilling - Schilling
4/7 - @ BAL - Lowe - Lowe
4/8 - @ BAL - Wakefield - Wakefield
4/9 - TOR - Arroyo - Arroyo
4/10 - TOR - Martinez - Martinez
4/11 - TOR - Schilling - Schilling
4/12 - OFF
4/13 - OFF
4/14 - OFF
4/15 - BAL - Martinez - Lowe
4/16 - NYY - Wakefield - Arroyo
4/17 - NYY - Schilling - Wakefield
4/18 - NYY - Lowe - Martinez
4/19 - NYY - Arroyo - Schilling
4/20 - @ TOR - Martinez - Lowe
4/21 - @ TOR - Wakefield - Arroyo
4/22 - @ TOR - Schilling - Wakefield
4/23 - @ NYY - Lowe - Martinez
4/24 - @ NYY - Arroyo - Schilling
4/25 - @ NYY - Martinez - Lowe
4/26 - OFF
4/27 - OFF
4/28 - TB - Schilling - Schilling
4/29 - TB/TB - Kim/Lowe - Kim/Martinez
4/30 - OFF
5/1 - @ TEX/@ TEX - Arroyo/Martinez - Lowe/Wakefield
And that's pretty much it. Notice how Schilling and Martinez got 2 starts against New York. Anyways, I've got to go to New Hampshire for tax free cigarettes.
Post #173
Ugh. The winning streak comes to a screeching hault.
Boston Red Sox 8
Texas Rangers 12
W: Erasmo Ramirez (1-1), Joaquin Benoit (1-0)
L: Mark Malaska (1-1), Pedro Martinez (3-2)
S: Francisco Cordero 2 (8, 9)
H: Jeff Nelson (6)
BS: Scott Williamson (1)
The bullpen's scoreless streak ended at 32.1 innings. The offense really faltered in the first game and Pedro sucked in the second game. The Sox were completely outclassed by the Rangers who look really good so far. They have some quality young pitchers, some solid releivers and alot of good athletes playing the field and hitting. Arroyo pitched well in what may have been his last start for awhile. He should be a good bullpen player and spot starter.
The Man of the Game for Game 1 is Kevin Mench. He only went 1 for 4 but he had an outfield assist and robbed Johnny Damon of a hit twice.
The Bitch-Goat for Game 1 shall be divided thusly:
Mark Malaska: 0.3 - ER in 0.0 IP
Scott Williamson: 0.2 - ER in 2.0 IP
Bronson Arroyo: 0.1 - 2 ER in 6.0 IP
Bill Mueller: 0.2 - 0 for 5, 2 Ks, 4 LOB, last out of the game with the tying run on second
Manny Ramirez: 0.2 - 0 for 4, 4 Ks, 3 LOB
The Man of the Game for Game 2 is Rod Barajas. He went 3 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI. He had two doubles.
The Bitch-Goat shall be divided thusly:
Pedro Martinez: 0.7 - 6 ER in 4.0 IP
Mark Malaska: 0.1 - 2 ER in 1.0 IP
Crespo: 0.1 - 0 for 4, 5 LOB
Kapler: 0.1 - 0 for 3, 4 LOB
In my opinion, Pedro should have started game 1. It was a very cold night in Texas and Pedro has not pitched well in cold situations this year.
Wakefield takes on Dickey tonight on ESPN.
PEDRO TO TEST FREE AGENCY
Article
Personally, I can't blame Pedro for this but it still pisses me off. I'm not pissed at him, I'm pissed at the system. If I were in Pedro's shoes, I'd be aggravated that I hadn't been offered a contract. If I were the Red Sox, I wouldn't offer him a contract at least until the All-Star break to see how he pitches and if he's consistent enough. I understand and agree with the actions taken by both the club and Pedro. Each have their own interests in mind and each sohuld act upon them.
Epstein response:
The goal of the Boston Red Sox is to build a team every year that can compete for, and win, a World Series. These are our core values: team over individual, a World Series over everything else.
Although building a winning team is our primary focus, we have the utmost respect and admiration for our individual players and the sacrifices and contributions they make to help the organization achieve its goals.
We respect our players. We tell our players the truth. We listen to our players. We protect our players. We negotiate with our players in good faith, and we make every effort not to discuss these negotiations in public. We want our players to succeed, and we do everything we can to help them win.
Sometimes, however, our commitment to building winning teams, every year, means that we will have disagreements with our players about the length and precise value of their next contracts. These disagreements are unfortunate but they are inevitable. They will be resolved in time. In the meantime, we continue to focus on our most important mission: winning.
The Celtics got a new head coach. Story
ROTATION THOUGHTS
I've been doing some thinking lately and what the Sox have done with the rotation, skipping guy's turns on rainouts and jamming Wakefield in between Pedro and Kurt etc, so anyway I decided to come up with how I would set-up the rotation due to rainouts and series with New York. Here it is:
Date - Opponent - Who Started- Who I Would've Started
4/4 - @ BAL - Martinez - Martinez
4/5 - OFF
4/6 - @ BAL - Schilling - Schilling
4/7 - @ BAL - Lowe - Lowe
4/8 - @ BAL - Wakefield - Wakefield
4/9 - TOR - Arroyo - Arroyo
4/10 - TOR - Martinez - Martinez
4/11 - TOR - Schilling - Schilling
4/12 - OFF
4/13 - OFF
4/14 - OFF
4/15 - BAL - Martinez - Lowe
4/16 - NYY - Wakefield - Arroyo
4/17 - NYY - Schilling - Wakefield
4/18 - NYY - Lowe - Martinez
4/19 - NYY - Arroyo - Schilling
4/20 - @ TOR - Martinez - Lowe
4/21 - @ TOR - Wakefield - Arroyo
4/22 - @ TOR - Schilling - Wakefield
4/23 - @ NYY - Lowe - Martinez
4/24 - @ NYY - Arroyo - Schilling
4/25 - @ NYY - Martinez - Lowe
4/26 - OFF
4/27 - OFF
4/28 - TB - Schilling - Schilling
4/29 - TB/TB - Kim/Lowe - Kim/Martinez
4/30 - OFF
5/1 - @ TEX/@ TEX - Arroyo/Martinez - Lowe/Wakefield
And that's pretty much it. Notice how Schilling and Martinez got 2 starts against New York. Anyways, I've got to go to New Hampshire for tax free cigarettes.
Post #173
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