jacksonianmarch

Lester settling in.

the angels bottom 3 is just as bad

their MR is better. I like your closer more though

Pitches: Lackey 36 Lester 54

pitch 54 after 3. If Lackey holds em, we might be seeing some of the sox pen by the 6th or 7th

Vlade has fouled off about 30 pitches

Vlade really has taken a turn for the worse this yr. He used to crush that pitch, now it looks like he's gotta cheat to get around on that high heater.

they did, it was up and out

I'm not talkin midnight

why do I have a feeling I am gonna be up late again?

I want to know what happened to Lester right around April 23rd. To that point, he had walked 16 in 27IP (5.3BB/9IP). Since then, he's walked 50 in 183IP (2.46BB/9IP).

We are gonna have a lot of picks. Thanks Gom.

per rotoworld The rule is that if a player is replaced mid round, they are ineligible the following round. So if the sox were to make it to the ALCS, Lowell will not be available.

Right now, no doubt. Going from his SR and his minor league numbers, there seems to be a disconnect when he comes to the bigs. The question is whether he gets over it in our system or in someone else's, or ever.

There's something to be said about being able to locate multiple pitches and throw lots of innings. I think Sonnanstine and Kennedy are going to have very similar career paths. No dominance, but capable of eating innings and keeping the walks down. That is, if Kennedy ever develops from the neck up.

I pitched at a pretty high level and threw hard enough to get scouted by the sox and other organizations. I can say from experience with a multitude of lesser injuries that the worst of them all IMO was a back or oblique strain. I couldnt finish my pitches. Everything was up. And the only way I knew my pitch would stay down was if it hurt. If you dont finish your pitches, everything stays high. The curveball has the same break but ends up down the middle instead of at the knees. The heater is chest high and ready for a homer. Those were the days I'd throw a lot of pitches inside. Since everything stayed up, no batter wished to dig in since a lot of the pitches where I missed location went whizzing by their helmets. I didnt have much trouble with lateral movement more than my usual wildness. But as I went on with my college career and had capable rotation mates, I would usually skip a start. I only had to skip a couple, but it becomes difficult to strike the fear of god into hitters as they become more advanced.

The run and the tail of the ball has more to do with your wrist and fingers than your oblique.

You are overthinking this Gom. An injured oblique means that a pitcher will have difficulty finishing their pitches. IE, the pitches will be up like they were

His location sucked. But in all seriousness, if the sox win tonight, then all is forgotten. But, if the sox have to play in Anaheim on Wednesday and come back to the east coast on Thursday, it might be more than they can recover from. Winning tonight is a must

good luck.

who needs studying.

I wouldnt write you guys off, but if you have to fly out to Anaheim then back east to either Tampa or Chicago on short rest then you are gonna be taxed. IIRC, the Angels got to trek across the country, went LA to NY to LA and the next day had a game in CWS which they won. But the rest of the series they were a dead team playin

Game 3 was a must win for the Angels. Game 4 is a must win for the sox.