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Old 05-23-2007, 02:39 AM
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Also, if Okajima starts to crap the bed, make Lopez the SU guy!

I will be pissed if he gets sent down again. I realize it's probably inevitable with Timlin coming back (they can't send Pineiro or Romero down, correct?), but he's been really good so far.

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I don't see how they could possibly send Lopez down. He's been amazing this time around. Besides, it was him and not Romero that Tito used in a big spot in an important game tonight. That shows extreme confidence, IMO. I guess it's gotta be him or Romero, right? Or is it possible Piniero could be the odd man out?
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Old 05-23-2007, 08:16 AM
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Default Re: *official 2007 red sox thread*

Oh well.

But I remember a little prediction I made 2 years ago when I said they would make Schilling the closer. When they did, Sublime vowed to never ever question me again. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

And to those questioning whether Wake can go to the bullpen, he has performed in every conceiveable bullpen role, long man, setup and closer for the Sox.

A couple more good outings in a row for Tavares and a couple more bad ones in a row for Wakefield and it could happen.

Edit: Oh man, just noticed it. After all these years on these boards and I finally have a subtitle. This has made my day. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 05-23-2007, 09:48 AM
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just fyi:

wakefield: 57.1 IP, 3.14 ERA, 32K / 25BB, 5.02 K/9, 1.29 WHIP
tavarez : 42.2 IP, 5.27 ERA, 25K / 19BB, 5.20 K/9, 1.47 WHIP

man, you're right, tavarez may have pitched fewer innings, giving up more walks and hits per inning, and 2 extra runs per nine innings, but he DOES strike out .18 more guys per 9 innings.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:24 AM
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toro,

even in a great outing like tavarez just had, he still didn't go 6 innings. he's only gone 6 innings twice this year. I'm not complaining now, because I'll take 5/3 from him as a #5, but Wakefield will pretty much always give you consistent long outings and a 4.5ish ERA, whereas Tavarez may give you the same ERA or so, but eat up far less innings.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:25 AM
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nt,

your sample size is too large. plz use stats from just their last 2 games plz.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:26 AM
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toro,

even in a great outing like tavarez just had, he still didn't go 6 innings. he's only gone 6 innings twice this year. I'm not complaining now, because I'll take 5/3 from him as a #5, but Wakefield will pretty much always give you consistent long outings and a 4.5ish ERA, whereas Tavarez may give you the same ERA or so, but eat up far less innings.

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their career ERAs are actually fairly similar, and tavarez has the benefit of having been a reliever and pitching in the NL for a long time.
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Old 05-23-2007, 01:23 PM
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WTF was up with HorrayRod's cheap shot on Pedroia?

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He's a scumbag, showing his true colors. We've seen this before.

I look forward to Schilling putting one between the numbers on aRod's back tomorrow.

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waaaaaay more likely it would be donnelly or somebody else coming into the game later on.

i would love to see him get hit though, that was such a douche move. i'm all for sliding hard, etc, but that was way over the line.

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I didn't see it, but could it have been retaliation for Pedroia not coming anywhere near the bag trying to break up a double play?
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Old 05-23-2007, 01:30 PM
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a-rod is known for sliding dirty. what makes it funnier is that it's not like he couldn't just get his spikes up or something, he just sucks at takeout slides.

orlando cabrera used to do the same thing, probably still does. supposedly youkilis is often guilty of this but i have never seen him do it.
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Old 05-23-2007, 01:43 PM
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I saw this play and Arod was damn lucky he didn't get called for interference resulting in the Yankees having a run taken off the board.

In the play, he went out of his way to make contact, but that in of itself would have been okay since he had part of the bag. But then he added a double forearm shiver to Pedroia's midsection. If the ump had seen this part of it clearly he would have been justified in making the call.

Of course that would have taken big balls in yankee Stadium but I believe it was Joe West and I think he's the one who called ARod for interfernce back in 04.
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Old 05-23-2007, 01:50 PM
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just fyi:

wakefield: 57.1 IP, 3.14 ERA, 32K / 25BB, 5.02 K/9, 1.29 WHIP
tavarez : 42.2 IP, 5.27 ERA, 25K / 19BB, 5.20 K/9, 1.47 WHIP

man, you're right, tavarez may have pitched fewer innings, giving up more walks and hits per inning, and 2 extra runs per nine innings, but he DOES strike out .18 more guys per 9 innings.

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Neither of those stat lines look very good at all. Doesn't look too promising.
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