relax, he left Wake in there 1 batter too late. who would you have confidence in in that situation instead anyway? Tavarez or Seanez? No. Foulke after last night? No. Riske right off the DL? No. Timlin with inherited runners? No. And you don't go to Paps in the 7th
This is my ideal lineup for when everyone is healthy
CF Coco
2B Loretta
DH Ortiz
LF Manny
RF Nixon
C Varitek
3B Lowell
1B Youkilis
SS Gonzalez/Cora
Lowell and Youkilis towards the bottom of the order while being able to keep firepower and good on-base guys towards the top and middle would be so key and make the entire order as well-balanced as any in the majors
I'll always picture Moose as an Oriole anyway. I respect the hell out of Jeter and if Jeter was a Sox, he would be a GOD here. I'd cheer Mo and Matsui as well. The only Yankees that ever had a soft spot in my heart were Bernie and Paul O'Neill so Bernie would get a cheer as well. The rest can go f*** themselves
I agree. If there is a better bargain in all of baseball than Kevin Youkilis right now, I'd like to see it, unless his name is Jonathan Papelbon who actually makes less than Youk at $335,400
Did a bit of research to find out just how these two stacked up. Here are my findings:
Kevin Youkilis
.311 Batting Average
.424 On-Base Percentage
4 HR
22 RBI
12 Doubles
1 Triple
27 Runs
1 Stolen Base
Salary: $354,600
Johnny Damon
.281 Batting Average
.356 On-Base Percentage
4 HR
24 RBI
11 Doubles
0 Triples
34 Runs
11 Stolen Bases
Salary: $13 million
And Damon has had 28 more at-bats. Only 7 more runs scored and that's just cause Manny hasn't been Manny. What Youk has been doing is absolutely remarkable.
if anything, this just lets Foulke know that he can't take any nights off
besides, look at it this way. better he has his off night while inheriting an 8 run lead in the 9th
there was no reason to boo Damon, there sure as hell isnt a reason to boo Petey. he gave Boston several years of good service and has earned RSN's respect
The Sox are built to succeed in today's, more evolved game and Theo clearly realized he needed to do that this past off-season and we're seeing the effects