Monday, October 15, 2007
'With all due respect ...'
With all due respect to Bert, I think Reader No. 1 was right. It's obvious the Sox aren't clicking after tonight's game. ... Bring in new blood. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Though it may be too late. Remember: 'Let the future not be the enemy.' ...
Update -- Reader No. 1:
Update II -- Comparing Dice-K to Eric Gagne. ... He's not that bad. But he is predictably disappointing. He also predictably doesn't get much run support. ... Speaking of Gagne, here's a thought: Would Belichick keep playing a NFL equivalent of Gagne? Or Drew?
Update III -- Bert to Hub Blog: Over? Hell no! Bert:
I plead guilty.
Update IV -- Reader No. 1:
With all due respect to Bert, I think Reader No. 1 was right. It's obvious the Sox aren't clicking after tonight's game. ... Bring in new blood. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Though it may be too late. Remember: 'Let the future not be the enemy.' ...
Update -- Reader No. 1:
I goofed on Coco's Westbrook history, kudos to Reader Bert and mea culpa (although Coco, again, did us no good tonight)...
...and the lower 4 in the order finally generated a couple of runs...
... but we're in deep trouble now. Watching Francona's post-disaster press conference on the sofa at home - and my #1 comments, "He looks terrible." But probably not as terrible as he feels.
On the positive side, the game took less than 4 hours to play!
Update II -- Comparing Dice-K to Eric Gagne. ... He's not that bad. But he is predictably disappointing. He also predictably doesn't get much run support. ... Speaking of Gagne, here's a thought: Would Belichick keep playing a NFL equivalent of Gagne? Or Drew?
Update III -- Bert to Hub Blog: Over? Hell no! Bert:
How’s the view from the Tobin?
Times are not desperate. Being down 3-0 in an LCS to the Yankees after having been beaten a) by 700 runs b) at home c) while using up your next game’s starter and when d) your best starter was shelled and injured would be a desperate time.
But being down 2-1 against the Indians, with Paul Byrd going in the next game and Josh Beckett waiting in the wings isn’t a time for panic.
Loser’s mentality.
I plead guilty.
Update IV -- Reader No. 1:
What would Belichick do? Or rather, what did he do with an NFL equivalent of Gagne?
I respect Bert's optimism and pray it is rewarded!
