Getting back to the point. Beckett had good control, good command, good speed.
They slapped and scraped and check-swinged their way to most of those hits last night. Sometimes you don't see but one or two seeing eye singles, check swing line hits etc in a game. Last night there were about 5 by the Yankers. Beckett looked great to me. John ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Salemi Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: BEEEEECKEEEETTTTT Of course Steve's whining, and mine, brings up something that I've learned about baseball since playing roto seriously. The fact is that pitching is elusive and it is very difficult to find a sure thing. The best one can do with limited resources, as we have in roto, is pick one guy who you think is a sure thing and then four guys who might surprise you. In fact, this is why Wakefield is so valuable. He's not a star, but he's the closest I've seen to a pitching machine. He just cranks out the same numbers year after year and by having him the Red Sox have 20% of the pitching problem locked down in January. As for the rest Beckett -- Was supposed to be the anchor Dice-K -- Who knows. He's strange and I expect he won't make it through his contract. Lester -- Young but promising. But could blow up. Masterson -- Young but promising. But could blow up. Perry -- Old but promising. But could break down. So it's kind of a crap shoot, but with less crap than other teams. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
