BASEBALL!

MaineButch · 10-25-2013, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kobi

Well, tonight was Boston's opportunity to demonstrate how slopping fielding will come back to bite you in the ass.

Maybe now John Farrell will consider using Daniel Nava, the eighth leading hitter in the league, over Johnny Gomes?

The look on Craig Breslow's face summed it up for me:

I hear ya that is why we killed them the first night <sighs>

At least they didn't walk all over us like we did them the 1st game.

~ocean · 10-25-2013, 06:41 AM

my personal opinion is different than what I have read ~ I was very disappointed in the field ~ Lackey gave all he could w. no co operation w/ the exception of Pedroia ~ he ROCKS ~ * I curtsey to the pitching coach of the Cardinals ** Tomorrow night will hopefully be a better outcome ~ disappointed fan ~

Cin · 10-25-2013, 08:52 AM

It's like they are holding auditions to see who will be the Bill Buckner of the 2013 World Series.

The Sox better plug the holes in their defense. And wake up those bats. They are not on an even pitching playing field with the Cardinals. They have to rely on their strengths. It's not the time to let the 2nd worse team at stealing bases pull double steals on you.

The teams are rather evenly matched it's just that their strengths and weaknesses are in different areas of the game. The team who takes the World Series will be the team who finds a way to ramp up their strengths and cover up their weaknesses.

Last night that wasn't the Red Sox.

Lackey did pretty good balancing the pitching game even though arguably he was not the superior pitcher, but their strengths all but disappeared.

Miss July · 10-25-2013, 09:47 AM

I just

Big Papi

BullDog · 10-25-2013, 10:12 AM

So has anyone heard if Big Papi is going to play 1st base in St. Louis? There is no DH in the National League parks. I agree that defense is critical, but there is no way I would leave him out of the lineup.

I think St. Louis definitely has the edge in pitching, Boston in big money players who come through in the clutch. It should be interesting.

Kobi · 10-25-2013, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BullDog

So has anyone heard if Big Papi is going to play 1st base in St. Louis? There is no DH in the National League parks. I agree that defense is critical, but there is no way I would leave him out of the lineup.

I think St. Louis definitely has the edge in pitching, Boston in big money players who come through in the clutch. It should be interesting.

Good question BullDog. The media here seems to be avoiding asking or even speculating on who is going to be sitting out in the national league park games.

Both Napoli and Ortiz have had super play off stats so sitting either of them is a problem. Napoli is a catcher by trade and there is some talk of putting him behind the plate. But, he is unfamiliar with the pitchers and "out of practice" at the position which could cause problems in and of itself.

I cant remember the last time Ortiz played in the field. He wasn't that good at first to begin with.

It will be interesting to see the line up tomorrow.

BullDog · 10-25-2013, 11:23 AM

I did just read an article in the Washington Post that quoted Farrell as saying that Ortiz would likely be at first on Friday, and that they would take it from there. It also said he wouldn't put Napoli behind the plate. That is probably the most likely scenario. Napoli has been great in the playoffs too, so it hurts for the Sox to not have both of them in the lineup. They will have a really good pinch hitter to bring in. The article also said Ortiz only played 6 games at first this year. If needed, Game 6 and 7 will be back in Boston, so that's good news for them because they will go back to the DH in those games.

It was great to see Mo Rivera and his family at Fenway last night!

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