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Similar story to Cabbie.
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I think that applies to his pitchers that can hit the backside of a barn. He is after all a catcher not a miracle worker. In terms of Gagne, the blame falls squarely on Gagne. It is hard to place the blame for his failure to execute on Tek. He does not even put the ball where it is called for. Now if you want to stray from the thread topic and talk about the short comings of the RS offense, then sure, Tek gets honorable mention behind numerous others. But any offense from Tek this year wasto be a bonus. I think Drew gets the brunt of it because well, Arroyo probably has better power numbers than him.
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Criticism of tek's pitch calling? Why - he calls for one low and outside and Gagman puts it behind the batter. When the pitcher can't hit the backside of a barn with any of his pitches what does it matter. Besides 1) Tek is not thtowing and Gagman can always shake it off. Tek's pitch calling is incidental to the real problem, Gagne velocity is down to what 93 and he needs to comand, but can't. If you want to blame Tek then blame him for not painting his glove in dayglow paint.
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Maybe we can make some use of him as one of the guys who cleans Fenway after the games with a leaf blower?
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I'm feeling a bit scitzo this AM, so my opinion of this is in flux. On the one hand it smells like the FO trying to spin this like Nixon at Watergate - crapcrapcrapcrap. On the other hand, with the bumps and bruises there is a certain level of reason - more WC teams have won the WS and plenty of teams have limped din and done well. ahhhhh - shitballs
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I'm still wrapped up in this summer with our first place team. Still, it is good to dream, so a couple of quick thoughts. Matt Clemment comes off @ 9.5, Curt comes off @ 13 (I see Clay taking his spot), Mike Lowell is a question @ 9. I would love to see him back, he has been a good fit bringing offense and generally solid defense. So here is my dream: RS take a run at and land A-Rod, somehow move Lugo then resign Lowel. Manny stays. Then again, maybe he is packaged with say Youk in another blockbuster. 3 Ortiz 4 Manny 5 Arod 6 Lowell I'll get real when the season is over, the money just does not add up.
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Then again, the Tampa FO is not really known for making good moves.
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or for that matter D-Lowe's "Suck It"
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The problem with pointing to pitch selection as the source of Gagman's problems is that in seveeral of his blown opportunities he has been unable to locate his off speed stuff. So there has not been any real choice to begin with.
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Apparently he is no longer nineth inning pitcher either.
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I'm all in on the Gagman bashing, but Fancona. Not for that move. First lets get the facts strait. Pap came in at the top of the eight with score 7-4. Before you go calling that a soft save recall there were two on, and you want Gagman there. The problem with saving Pap for the second game is your using the benefit of hindsite. At the time, Francona has no way of knowing if there will even be a save opportunity. I'm sure like all of us he was hoping for a blowout and no need for Gagne. You got play to win the first game in the eight with the tying run at the plate. Had Francona put Gagne in there I'm sure you would be asking why wasn't it Pap in the first game.
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August 17th vs. Anaheim - Game 1
Khan replied to mtbykr's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
and one more Fastbol -
Can you call that a sprint?
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Wasn't that the speculation all along, with Ellsbury going back down after Friday and the Sox purchasing Keilty's contract?
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Exactly rician, and did you see what pitch Dustin tried to bunt. He had to back to the dugout and get a stepladder to get the bat on that thing. He got lucky it was not a short popup back to the pitcher. No wonder the bunt came off.
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Lineups: Boston: 1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Manny Ramirez, LF 5. J.D. Drew, RF 6. Mike Lowell, 3B 7. Jason Varitek, C 8. Coco Crisp, CF 9. Julio Lugo, SS SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP Tampa Bay: 1. Akinori Iwamura, 3B 2. Carl Crawford, LF 3. B.J. Upton, CF 4. Carlos Pena, 1B 5. Delmon Young, DH 6. Brendan Harris, 2B 7. Jonny Gomes, RF 8. Dioner Navarro, SS 9. Ben Zobrist, C SP: Andy Sonnanstine, RHP "Come on Big D, fly"
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Lineup from Edes at the globe: Lugo 6 Pedroia 4 Ortiz D Ramirez 7 Lowell 5 Youkilis 3 Varitek 2 Crisp 8 Pena 9
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"Win the game or I swear to someones' god I'm going to kill an orphaned nun with a f***ing shovel and drink her blood on ice with a cocktail umbrella and a god damn lemon wedge." I sent this quote to Tito just to make sure he does not pull Wake for Gagman.
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I'm just curious, where did all those people who loved the Gagne deal think he would be pitching?
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How about Way Out Wasdin?
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That is a hard one. I think I'll go off the board, I would rather have Keith Foulke
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Yeah, I'm on board, but the question is, is Gagne? Personally, I think he is a Yankee spy.
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Without being a smart ass, because that is why Gagne was brought here - to set up Pap. You raise a good point, that with Okajima in the BP as well, Gagne spitting the bit and not a lot of breathing room then Tito has gotta dance with the one who brought him.