Hey Steve, I haven't been able to get onto the league page for a few days. Can you tell me what team is in first?
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > We must have been watching a different game. Beckett was struggling ... > again. Lucky to get the W. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin, John > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2009 9:15 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: BEEEEECKEEEETTTTT > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
