April 30th @ Texas

[yeszir]

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/276520.jpg #61 Bronson Arroyo (2-0, 4.01)

vs

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/110359.jpg #39 Pedro Astacio (1-2, 3.71)

At 8:05 in Texas.

On a related note, the Yankees game should be interesting tonight as it is:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/425426.jpg Wang
vs
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/images/gameday/mugshots/433657.jpg Bush

[YanksHater213]

Hahahahahahaha... Wang vs. Bush... Thats pretty hilarious

[YanksHater213]

Wang pitched 7 innings of 6 hit 2 run ball. Bush pitchd equally as well allowing 8 hits and 3 runs over 7 innings. Gordon just blew it and allowed a homer and its 3-3 now.

[stocker323]

Lineups

Red Sox

Damon CF
Nixon RF
Ramirez LF
Ortiz DH
Millar 1B
Varitek C
Renteria SS
Mueller 2B
Youkilis 3B

Rangers

Dellucci DH
Young SS
Teixeira 1B
Blalock 3B
Soriano 2B
Nix CF
Mench LF
Matthews RF
Barajas C

[yeszir]

The Celtics and the Sox are on at the same time. Which game to watch!? Why am I posting here instead of watching!?

[yagmaster]

Good start so far, Bronson pitching well as usual.

[stocker323]

The Celtics and the Sox are on at the same time. Which game to watch!? Why am I posting here instead of watching!?
No brainer for me. Blalock puts Rags within 1 with a single. 2-1.

[stocker323]

Johnny and Trot go back to back. Millar even almost hit it out. 4-1 Sox.

[RedSoxRooter]

Good start so far, Bronson pitching well as usual.Anybody else here think Theo should sign Arroyo on the cheap RIGHT NOW???? What could it hurt? Sign him to a 3 year @ 1.75/yr. I know we have him through next year, but he's the real DLowe replacement if you ask me.

[Beaneater]

Anybody else here think Theo should sign Arroyo on the cheap RIGHT NOW????

Yes. It's a no-brainer.

[Beaneater]

Lineups

Mueller 2B
Youkilis 3B



I just noticed this. Pretty good idea if you ask me. Youk has got to be better than Vasquez at the plate, and (though I don't, as usual, alas, have the stats) I would imagine that he's a step up from Bellhorn, too. As long as Billy is comfortable playing 2B, this seems like a great move. Any thoughts from those more stat-oriented than me?

[RedSoxRooter]

I'm not stat-oriented, but why can't they just teach Youk 2b? It's Youk over Bellhorn at the plate any day - all the walks, power and 1/4 the Ks.

[lixxUrockHARD]

Evening guys.

Been gone a few days but I return to a thread talking about wang and bush. gotta love the Internet :thumbsup:

[stocker323]

I just noticed this. Pretty good idea if you ask me. Youk has got to be better than Vasquez at the plate, and (though I don't, as usual, alas, have the stats) I would imagine that he's a step up from Bellhorn, too. As long as Billy is comfortable playing 2B, this seems like a great move. Any thoughts from those more stat-oriented than me?
Well this shouldn't be too permanent, Bellhorn has some severe case of the flu and Vazquez has a calf injury, so with no one to play 2nd except for Mueller they had to call up Youks.

[Sizzlin22]

Game ova.

[Beaneater]

OK, just did a little stat-diving.

Bellhorn:1610 career AB's and 544 career K's = 33.8% K's in his career.
Youk: 210 career AB's and 46 career K's = 21.9% K's in his career.

Just for kicks I looked up Vazquez, too. He's got a career .342 slugging average, so I think that's all we need to say about him. (Youk's is .414; Bellhorn's is .410. Youk's OPS is .785. Bellhorn's is .763, so they're not all that different there.).

Bellhorn has pop, but so does Youk. I'm sure all of you realize this, but I'll say it anyway. Bellhorn strikes out more than 1 out of every 3 AB's over his whole career. Just let that sink in. Youk doesn't have enough career AB's to make any sort of sweeping judgments, but that in itself is a good thing -- he can get better (his BB/K ratio shows that he's already pretty competent with the bat, and he can develop more power as he goes [hopefully without 'roids]). But Bellhorn is as good as he's ever going to get.

As far as Youk at 2B goes, I think of him as being a little immobile for a 2B, no? But I guess it's worth a try. How is Youk defensively at 3B - I've never heard anything about that. If Youk can play a passable 3B and Mueller can play 2B, I think we've got a winning combo. That makes our infield seem a little bit more potent.

[Beaneater]

2 singles, a walk, and three more singles to start off the 8th. Nice.

I think Youk is making a bid for a starting position - 3 for 4, two singles and a double, 2 RBI.

[yeszir]

Bellhorn:1610 career AB's and 544 career K's = 33.8% K's in his career.

That's incredible. :blink:

In any case, Bellhorn or not, we won, so I'm happy. And the Celtics won too in an utter blowout. Today was a good day. :)

[DOrtiz4prez]

I'm glad I'm from Massachusetts today.