Re: *official 2007 red sox thread*
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V- CB bucknor will be with the crew that does this series.
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Doesn't this hurt BOS more than LAA? From what I remember, even though Bucknor wasn't very consistent with his calls, he was giving pitches off of the plate to the pitcher. BOS leads MLB in walks with 689 and LAA 21st with 507. LAA also strikes out much less (definitely swing more- 1578 base hits): 27th with 883. BOS is 21st with 1042 K with 'only' 1561 hits. It would seem that pitchers getting the call would hurt teams more that walks a lot and hit more HR than a team that swings at a lot of pitches and doesn't hit as many HR.
craig
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