April 6th vs. The New York Yankees

[a700hitter]

Two plays cost us the game-- the blown DP call at first base and Scutaro's error.

[Dipre]

Two plays cost us the game-- the blown DP call at first base and Scutaro's error.

 

There was good defense involved in the first play.

[Gom]

Because he hits lefties very well' date=' and specially at Fenway, where he completely murdered them last year?[/quote']

 

What was his OPS versus lefties at Fenway?

[Spudboy]

here we go...i forgot how this always happens

 

Hahahahahahaha!

 

Nothing has changed.

[suns]

To change the subject:

 

COCO CRISP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MIKE CAMERON

[yeszir]

YOTN....I have a feeling there was no pasta involved tonight?

[BigPapiEnFuego]

To change the subject:

 

COCO CRISP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MIKE CAMERON

 

lol no

[suns]

lol no

 

Yea, your right I forgot one.

 

To change the subject:

 

COCO CRISP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+>MIKE CAMERON

[yeszir]

Yea, your right I forgot one.

 

To change the subject:

 

COCO CRISP>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>+>MIKE CAMERON

 

Suns, stop being an idiot.

[suns]

Just trying to lighten the mood up around here.

[yeszir]

Just trying to lighten the mood up around here.

 

Oh, ok then. Proceed.

[TedWilliams101]

I'd rather have V-Mart back out there the way he's been hitting the ball. Let Tek get a game or two in the Royals series against a crappy team, not against the Yankees now.

[Dipre]

What was his OPS versus lefties at Fenway?

 

Overall OPS at Fenway: .821.

 

OPS vs lefties: .999 at Fenway Park.

 

Boston Red Sox 2009 stats versus lefties at home

[Gom]

Thank you, kind sir.

[msubulldogs21]

No one mentioned this, but I would've PH Lowell for Ortiz in the 8th when they brought in Marte. I know Tito isn't trying to kill Ortiz's confidence this early, but that would've been a better matchup.

[Dipre]

I think they should exploit the only two good things left in Varitek's offense: He can hit at home and he can hit lefties, but that's just me.

[yankees228]

The classic off the plate Rivera call

 

This was my initial reaction as well, and the only reason I'm responding to this now is because I looked it up at the time.

 

http://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfx/location.php?pitchSel=121250&game=gid_2010_04_06_nyamlb_bosmlb_1/&batterX=453056&innings=yyyyyyyyy&s_type=3&sp_type=1&h_size=700&v_size=500

 

The home plate umpire was bad tonight, but not in this case.

[Gom]

I thought it was a strike, no question about it. Then again, the guy sucks, he's been getting strike calls his entire career...blah blah blah...

[yankees228]

No one mentioned this' date=' but I would've PH Lowell for Ortiz in the 8th when they brought in Marte. I know Tito isn't trying to kill Ortiz's confidence this early, but that would've been a better matchup.[/quote']

 

By the way, MSU, I got a kick out of reading the game thread, because while everyone continued to argue, you just kept talking about the game haha.

 

As for this post, at the time, he definitely should have, although I'm not at all surprised that he didn't. Thing is, once Youkilis moved up to second, you would probably prefer the lefty up there. Marte benefitted from a really bad strike call, and Ortiz just missed the 2-1 pitch.

[Keeper]

Only caught the last few innings, but the strike zone seemed to be all over the place.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Only caught the last few innings' date=' but the strike zone seemed to be all over the place.[/quote']

 

It seemed pretty small at times.

[rhet]

Two plays cost us the game-- the blown DP call at first base and Scutaro's error.

 

Errors are meaningless.

Don't you know?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Errors are meaningless.

Don't you know?

 

The way they're handed out (based on some random goon's opinion) is really stupid and they should never be taken seriously. Doesn't change the fact that it was still a horrible play by Scutaro.

[yankees228]

The way they're handed out (based on some random goon's opinion) is really stupid and they should never be taken seriously. Doesn't change the fact that it was still a horrible play by Scutaro.

 

In my opinion, scorekeepers tend to award a batter a hit when it really should have been an error much more often than the other way around. I agree, if player doesn't have a lot of errors, that doesn't necessarily make him a good defender. However, if a player has a lot of errors, that's pretty telling in my opinion.