Biggest question going into ST

[jacksonianmarch]

There are a few different schools of thought. Some coaches stress holding runners on first and foremost. Others are kinda middle of the road. Farrell and Francona are the exact opposite. They feel that preventing the next baserunner is more important than holding the current one. Their thought is that taking even one percent of your attention away from the hitter increases your chances of giving up the EBH that drives in the baserunner.

[ZonaSoxFan]

My biggest "concerns" or questions, whatever you wanna call them are, (in no particular order):

 

1. Ortiz

2. Dice-K

3. Was it a mistake spending that money on Lackey instead of hunting down a big ole' bat?

 

All three will be answered as soon as the season starts, which isn't fast enough. Sigh.

[a700hitter]

Identifying the actual location of the problem is the first step towards finding a solution. If pitchers can hold runners back' date=' it'll be much harder for them to steal bases.[/quote']Well. since the coaching staff has not changed, the problem will probably perpetuate.

[TheMino007]

Then perhaps its time to make a change in the coaching staff and bring some people in who know how to handle pitchers and stolen base prevention. V-Mart and Tek don't have the best arms in the league, but alot of these awful stolen base figures from last year can be accredited more to the the pitchers and the coaching staff

[jacksonianmarch]

The coaching staff isnt changing. The current staff won two world series titles and has missed the playoffs once (2006). It isnt changing

[Imperial59]

There are a few different schools of thought. Some coaches stress holding runners on first and foremost. Others are kinda middle of the road. Farrell and Francona are the exact opposite. They feel that preventing the next baserunner is more important than holding the current one. Their thought is that taking even one percent of your attention away from the hitter increases your chances of giving up the EBH that drives in the baserunner.

 

That's true. Hence why it's not fair to compare the CS% of Red Sox catchers to other teams, given the extreme team philosophy surrounding SB.