Tuesday, July 20, 2004
MARINERS LOWER THE BOONE
Good God! Boston Red Sox baseball, ladies and gentleman! Why have the Red Sox not won a World Series in 86 years and the Y*nkees have won 26 in 86 years? In the late innings, the Y*nkees make the defensive plays and the good pitches and make the clutch hits, we make the crappy plays, the shitty pitches and have guys thrown out on second on sacrifice bunts.
How hard is it to bunt, really? If you look at the good bunters in the elague, they're usually not the best of hitters. They usually HAVE TO know how to bunt in order to get to the big leagues. Maybe all it takes to be a good bunter is a little practice in A, AA, and AAA. Maybe the Red Sox should consider teaching its players to bunt. Do you think Youkilis is a good bunter?
This loss was a tough one. Thankfully Pedro's performance in Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS was on ESPN Classic. I remember telling my friend to turn on the happy game. And guess whose pitching tonight. Derek "Manic Depressive" Lowe. And remember when people were saying Foulke should have made the All-Star Game? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Funny shit.
The Man of the Game is Bronson Arroyo who had a fantastic start wasted. He went 7 IP allowing 3 H and an ER. He struck out 12.
There aren't enough Bitch-Goat points in the world for this one but here it goes:
Foulke: 0.4 - 2 IP, 2 ER, BS
Leskanic: 0.4 - 0.1 IP, 4 ER
Mueller: 0.1 - 0 for 4, 3 LOB, E
Kapler: 0.1 - 1 for 5, K, 3 LOB
DIFFERENCES FROM 99
As mentioned above, I watched game 5 of the 99 ALDS on ESPN Classic. I couldn't help but notice how much our team had changed in 5 years. Here's a comparison:
1999 vs. 2004
Ownership: Yawkey Trust - John Henry Group
GM: Duquette - Epstein
Manager: Williams - Francona
1B: Stanley - Millar
2B: Offerman - Bellhorn
3B - Valentin - Mueller
LF: O'Leary - Ramirez
CF: Lewis - Damon
DH: Daubach - Ortiz
SP2: Mark Portugal - Schilling
SP3: Pat Rapp - Wakefield
SP4: Saberhagen - Lowe
SP5: Brian Rose - Arroyo
Closer: Lowe - Foulke
All in all, 7 of the 1999 Red Sox are still on the team.
Remember these small contributors?
Damon Buford, Lou Merloni, Butch Huskey, Wilton Veras, Jeff Frye, Donnie Sadler, Scott Hatteberg, Creighton Gubanich, Lenny Webster, Steve Lomasney, Mark Guthrie, Jin Ho Cho
I think I'm gonna do a "Where are They Know" on these guys. Are we no better than that team? Compare Portugal to Schilling. What is wrong with this team.
Good God! Boston Red Sox baseball, ladies and gentleman! Why have the Red Sox not won a World Series in 86 years and the Y*nkees have won 26 in 86 years? In the late innings, the Y*nkees make the defensive plays and the good pitches and make the clutch hits, we make the crappy plays, the shitty pitches and have guys thrown out on second on sacrifice bunts.
How hard is it to bunt, really? If you look at the good bunters in the elague, they're usually not the best of hitters. They usually HAVE TO know how to bunt in order to get to the big leagues. Maybe all it takes to be a good bunter is a little practice in A, AA, and AAA. Maybe the Red Sox should consider teaching its players to bunt. Do you think Youkilis is a good bunter?
This loss was a tough one. Thankfully Pedro's performance in Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS was on ESPN Classic. I remember telling my friend to turn on the happy game. And guess whose pitching tonight. Derek "Manic Depressive" Lowe. And remember when people were saying Foulke should have made the All-Star Game? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Funny shit.
The Man of the Game is Bronson Arroyo who had a fantastic start wasted. He went 7 IP allowing 3 H and an ER. He struck out 12.
There aren't enough Bitch-Goat points in the world for this one but here it goes:
Foulke: 0.4 - 2 IP, 2 ER, BS
Leskanic: 0.4 - 0.1 IP, 4 ER
Mueller: 0.1 - 0 for 4, 3 LOB, E
Kapler: 0.1 - 1 for 5, K, 3 LOB
DIFFERENCES FROM 99
As mentioned above, I watched game 5 of the 99 ALDS on ESPN Classic. I couldn't help but notice how much our team had changed in 5 years. Here's a comparison:
1999 vs. 2004
Ownership: Yawkey Trust - John Henry Group
GM: Duquette - Epstein
Manager: Williams - Francona
1B: Stanley - Millar
2B: Offerman - Bellhorn
3B - Valentin - Mueller
LF: O'Leary - Ramirez
CF: Lewis - Damon
DH: Daubach - Ortiz
SP2: Mark Portugal - Schilling
SP3: Pat Rapp - Wakefield
SP4: Saberhagen - Lowe
SP5: Brian Rose - Arroyo
Closer: Lowe - Foulke
All in all, 7 of the 1999 Red Sox are still on the team.
Remember these small contributors?
Damon Buford, Lou Merloni, Butch Huskey, Wilton Veras, Jeff Frye, Donnie Sadler, Scott Hatteberg, Creighton Gubanich, Lenny Webster, Steve Lomasney, Mark Guthrie, Jin Ho Cho
I think I'm gonna do a "Where are They Know" on these guys. Are we no better than that team? Compare Portugal to Schilling. What is wrong with this team.
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