Sunday, July 18, 2004
SOX LEAVE ANAHEIM WITH A SPLIT
Not a terrible weekend. The Red Sox are 7-3 in their last 10 games which is pretty good. However, I think we need to sweep Seattle and end the road trip over .500. This team has won at Fenway all year and if we can just go over .550 on the road, we'll be fine.
Men of the Game:
Game 3: Darin Erstad - 3 for 4, 2 RBI
Game 4: Kurt Schilling - 8 IP, 3 H, ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Bitch-Goat for Game 3:
Joe Nelson: 0.2 - 1.1 IP, 3 ER
Wakefield: 0.4 - 4 IP, 5 ER
Millar: 0.3 - 0 for 4, 2 LOB
Kapler: 0.1 - 1 for 4, 2 Ks, LOB
We need Wake back in our rotation ASAP. With the way Lowe has been pitching and the fact that Arroyo rarely goes past 6 innings, our bullpen is worn down as it is. Thankfully, any replacement starter will go in between Schilling and Martinez who pitch more innings than our other starters therefore releiving our bullpen of some overuse.
NEW NICKNAMES!
Jimmy "The Missing Piece" Anderson
Anderson was acquired when the Red Sox were in the midst of a mighty struggle. Although he's a decent 13th or 13th pitcher he isn't really useful in close games which were and are the games we are losing too many of.
Alan "Shitty" Embree
I used to call him Lefty for obvious reasons but with a 4.76 ERA, he has been shitty for us and may have cost us some games.
Keith "Non-Save Situation" Foulke
Foulke only has 14 saves (should be 15 if it weren't for a Ramirez error) but it isn't his fault. He's only had 18 opportunities however.
Derek "Manic Depressive" Lowe
Duh! He's a big high followed by a devestating low.
Ramiro "0.00" Mendoza
In three games he hasn't let up an earned run.
Joe "Over the Top" Nelson
Nelson, like Anderson is not going to put us over the top, he is a 13th or a 12th pitcher.
Mark "Rodney Dangerfield" Bellhorn
Much like Rodney, Mark gets no respect. This really pisses me off. Last year Todd Walker scored 92 runs and knocked in 85 RBI. He had 166 hits (55 for extra bases), 13 HRs, and batted .283 with a .333 OBP, and .421 Slugging. He stole 1 base. This year, Bellhorn is on pace to score about 120 runs (28 more than Walker), and knock in about 100 runs (15 more than Walker). he's on pace for about 165 hits (same was Walker) (70 for extra bases), 20 HRs (7 more than Walker). Walker's average is higher than Bellhorns by about .020 points but Bellhorn's OBP is higher by .050 points. Bellhorn's slugging is about the same only .010 over Walker's. This year Bellhorn is on pace to score about 5 or 6 bases. As I've stated in this blog before, I feel that RPI (Runs Participated in or Runs+RBI-HR) is a very important stat. Last season, Walker participated in a total of 164 runs. This year Bellhorn has participated in 200 runs. Bellhorn is better despite walker's post-season performance which is all people around here seem to remember. Plus, Bellhorn was born in Boston.
Nomar "OC" Garciaparra
After this year he's gone to Southern California. Hey Nomar, ask Mo Vaughan how his trip to Anaheim went.
Kevin "Saumrai Up" Millar
We need to sell this guy to Japan.
That;s it for now. Tomorrow I think I'm going to begin a series on this blog on things that are ruining baseball.
Oh yea, I also began a new blog. It's about Michael Moore and how much he sucks. Her'es the address.
http://www.mikemooresucks.blogspot.com
Not a terrible weekend. The Red Sox are 7-3 in their last 10 games which is pretty good. However, I think we need to sweep Seattle and end the road trip over .500. This team has won at Fenway all year and if we can just go over .550 on the road, we'll be fine.
Men of the Game:
Game 3: Darin Erstad - 3 for 4, 2 RBI
Game 4: Kurt Schilling - 8 IP, 3 H, ER, 0 BB, 7 K
Bitch-Goat for Game 3:
Joe Nelson: 0.2 - 1.1 IP, 3 ER
Wakefield: 0.4 - 4 IP, 5 ER
Millar: 0.3 - 0 for 4, 2 LOB
Kapler: 0.1 - 1 for 4, 2 Ks, LOB
We need Wake back in our rotation ASAP. With the way Lowe has been pitching and the fact that Arroyo rarely goes past 6 innings, our bullpen is worn down as it is. Thankfully, any replacement starter will go in between Schilling and Martinez who pitch more innings than our other starters therefore releiving our bullpen of some overuse.
NEW NICKNAMES!
Jimmy "The Missing Piece" Anderson
Anderson was acquired when the Red Sox were in the midst of a mighty struggle. Although he's a decent 13th or 13th pitcher he isn't really useful in close games which were and are the games we are losing too many of.
Alan "Shitty" Embree
I used to call him Lefty for obvious reasons but with a 4.76 ERA, he has been shitty for us and may have cost us some games.
Keith "Non-Save Situation" Foulke
Foulke only has 14 saves (should be 15 if it weren't for a Ramirez error) but it isn't his fault. He's only had 18 opportunities however.
Derek "Manic Depressive" Lowe
Duh! He's a big high followed by a devestating low.
Ramiro "0.00" Mendoza
In three games he hasn't let up an earned run.
Joe "Over the Top" Nelson
Nelson, like Anderson is not going to put us over the top, he is a 13th or a 12th pitcher.
Mark "Rodney Dangerfield" Bellhorn
Much like Rodney, Mark gets no respect. This really pisses me off. Last year Todd Walker scored 92 runs and knocked in 85 RBI. He had 166 hits (55 for extra bases), 13 HRs, and batted .283 with a .333 OBP, and .421 Slugging. He stole 1 base. This year, Bellhorn is on pace to score about 120 runs (28 more than Walker), and knock in about 100 runs (15 more than Walker). he's on pace for about 165 hits (same was Walker) (70 for extra bases), 20 HRs (7 more than Walker). Walker's average is higher than Bellhorns by about .020 points but Bellhorn's OBP is higher by .050 points. Bellhorn's slugging is about the same only .010 over Walker's. This year Bellhorn is on pace to score about 5 or 6 bases. As I've stated in this blog before, I feel that RPI (Runs Participated in or Runs+RBI-HR) is a very important stat. Last season, Walker participated in a total of 164 runs. This year Bellhorn has participated in 200 runs. Bellhorn is better despite walker's post-season performance which is all people around here seem to remember. Plus, Bellhorn was born in Boston.
Nomar "OC" Garciaparra
After this year he's gone to Southern California. Hey Nomar, ask Mo Vaughan how his trip to Anaheim went.
Kevin "Saumrai Up" Millar
We need to sell this guy to Japan.
That;s it for now. Tomorrow I think I'm going to begin a series on this blog on things that are ruining baseball.
Oh yea, I also began a new blog. It's about Michael Moore and how much he sucks. Her'es the address.
http://www.mikemooresucks.blogspot.com
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