Everything good starts with good starting pitching. Beckett pitched a fine game. We need Buch to settle in as well. He goes against a real lineup in Baltimore tomorrow night.
He really can't be compared to Morrow and his development as a starter, because Morrow has maintained his velocity and been a big strikeout pitcher throughout his development.
That is a blast. I saw Barry Bonds hit a 459 foot HR in the only game I saw in SF. When you see one of those at the ball park, it is pretty damn impressive. You know it is gone right away.
Youks isn't in the lineup for the PawSox today. He's probably on the way to Baltimore for the series starting tomorrow. WMB is likely to get optioned to AAA after today's game.
I don't remember him play 1B in the All Star game. Back in those years, my softball team always got scheduled to play on the Tuesday, so I probably missed it.
The big guy has always been under rated with the glove. He has good hands an accurate arm and good footwork. That was an excellent play by Papi. Beckett was asleep at the switch.
But he is very strong and it would be nice to have that kind of power threat in the bottom half of the lineup. So you would play him for 10 days in the OF in AAA and possibly bring him up?
Oh yeah, I've seen him hit 97. I've seen him come out of the box in the first inning hitting 95-96 from the first pitch. He didn't sit at 97, but he definitely would touch 97 in his starts.