Comments on: A more mature Jimmy Rollins? Not so fast.

By: forager

forager — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:45:09 +0000

Manny usually has a slow start from what I remember… and he’ll be sure to hit 30 something HRs and over 100 RBIs, he’s a machine.

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By: yougottabelieve

yougottabelieve — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:01:58 +0000

My main concern with the team so far is that Papi and Manny haven’t been Papi and Manny. As much as the team has going in terms of well rounded players, without the bad boys of summer, we don’t quite have that extra “oomph.”

This couldn’t have been more obvious than when Manny just lit us on fire, or more like lit that poor rookie pitcher on fire. Welcome to the majors, kid.

Manny said at the top of the game that tonight was the night, and I guess it was. Jason’s a spectacular captain, and a great player, but Big Papi and Manny are the foundation on which our scoring is built. Summer’s here, and the bash brothers are back in town.

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By: forager

forager — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:48:17 +0000

Let me qualify this by saying I’m a Yankees fan, more than that I’m a baseball fan. With that said, and not to sound like a jerk or anti-red sox, the Yankees had a Single A pitcher in and they have 4 starters on the DL. While it was a great feat – historical, monumental, etc the Sox took 4 innings to knock around a Single A pitcher.

In other news… ESPN was quick to mention that the 2nd (I believe) of the four 4 consecutive hr games was in 1963, and it involved Terry Francona’s father, what they didn’t mention was that the very first (in 1961) involved Joe Torre who was the 5th batter, and grounded out to end the streak.

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By: hingohongo

hingohongo — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 06:14:08 +0000

Damn, 4 homers in a row! I’ve only ever seen that done on Xbox (I’ve done it myself, with the BoSox, against the Yanks believe it or not). Anyways, nice going Sox.

I also liked the Eephus pitch reference in the Dice-K column. I thought that was cool.

Hehehe. ‘Eephus’.

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