Obviously there's still a very good chance Bradley will get sent down later. But by having him on the opening day roster they are opening the possibility that they won't send him down at all. If the primary concern was preserving a year, they would have done it right now.
But if by some miracle the Sox are leading the division and Bradley is playing great, they can't do it yet. In that scenario the fans are excited and happy, ticket sales are rebounding and for all reasons it's stupid to send him down.
On the Red Sox website right now one of the headlines is 'Red Sox send Bard to Double A to find consistency'. Now that is some Pollyanna coverage. Many fans are thinking 'to salvage career', or 'to try to stop sucking'.
Manny had a bad night in left in Game 1 of the 2004 Series. Errors on back to back to plays in the 8th that led to 2 runs that tied the game. On one of them he did a tumble out there.
One kind of misplay I've seen a lot in Fenway is when guys pull up short of the wall or jump too soon, and the ball goes over their head and falls where they could have caught it if they had gone closer to the wall. Seems like it's usually an opposing fielder.
The Fenway outfield is bizarro. All 3 outfielders have their respective challenges. I would agree with Jung that the challenges of left field are less to do with athleticism and more to do with experience and judgment.
I don't think you can break the schedule down like that. Often it's not who you play but when you play them...who's going good and who's going s***** at the time.
That's all true. But judging from what I see on message boards, it's infinitely more entertaining trying to analyze how your baseball team is run than it is trying to analyze how your hot dog company is run. Just start a thread on your favorite hot dog company and see how much action it gets.
Well, I can understand that the Yankees feel a little desperate right now. Of the 9 players that were in their starting lineup on Opening Day 2012, they will have 2 in the lineup on Opening Day 2013. That's pretty incredible.
Interesting comments there jung...you really like to look at the big picture. Supporting what you're saying is that the NL was won 3 Series in a row now.
I won't be surprised to see something done to boost run-scoring. It won't be a rule change though. More likely they'll juice the baseball a bit...or teams will take the easy way Seattle did to get more balls to leave the yard...move those fences in baby!
Sometimes the traffic is lighter here than you would expect. It's an excellent forum though. I also post on the BDC forum. That place is completely insane.