I found Steve's analysis to be insightful and illuminating since I didn't know Lackey's numbers.
BTW. This is also why I'm not a big fan of a 5-game series. It's far too easy for a little aberration to take over the series. Now the Sox are "on the brink of elimination" because they had a couple of bad games (or the Angels had a couple of good games.) On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > > wimp. > > Seriously though, what I said was that the team is not hitting. Call it > "flat", call it "lack of momentum", call it a random period of bad luck, > whatever, hitting has been a problem against good teams lately (ie. the > Yankees in September). Ray asked "why is it bad hitting and not good > pitching?" and I used Lackey's stats to illustrate my point that while > Lackey (and Darren Oliver) are good pitchers, we are making any decent > pitcher look like a Cy Young candidate right now. > > Maybe that will change tonight. I certainly hope so. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:07 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Lackey > > Course the only feeling I got was the top of the couch cushion on the back > of my head. Tried to stay up, but... > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Now see, you should reference the numbers... >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi >> *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 1:03 PM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Lackey >> >> Feeling = talking out of ass. >> >> Seriously, you guys watched this televison right? What kind of feeling >> would you get from 3000 miles away. >> >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I agree. However, when trying to communicate with Ray, I find he >>> responds best to numbers. >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Beaudoin, John >>> *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 11:26 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Lackey >>> >>> We were flat. You know I'm not a numbers guy, but rather a feeling >>> guy. I felt they were flat. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Fri Oct 09 08:08:21 2009 >>> Subject: Lackey >>> >>> >>> >>> Yeah, you're right, I don't mean to take anything away from Lackey. He >>> was good. I just think we made him look better than he really is last >>> night. On the season the guy has a 1.27 WHIP, 3.83 ERA and a .263 BAA. >>> Good numbers, but remember that he's pitching a lot of those games against >>> the depths of the AL West. For the game last night he was 0.67 WHIP, 0.0 >>> ERA and .153 BAA. You would think an offense like ours should be able to >>> produce at least average numbers against him. >>> >>> In general I just feel like our bats are not producing. Plus I knew I >>> would get a rise out of you if I mentioned anything about momentum, streaks >>> or trends. >>> >>> Big game tonight - I'm glad to know Beckett is taking the ball. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [ >>> mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] >>> On Behalf Of Ray Salemi >>> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:12 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Orsillo >>> >>> >>> Why is it that when the other team gets no runs its due to our great >>> pitching, but when we get no runs its due to our lousy hitting. >>> >>> Are we the only team with great pitching? >>> >>> On 10/9/09, Steve Gendron <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > The calls at first base were just unbelievably bad. Lester got >>> > screwed out of a couple strikeouts too. >>> > >>> > Bottom line is the team is not hitting! I'm not going to bring up the >>> > M word, but Francona put the bats to sleep in the last 3 weeks of the >>> season. >>> > It's hard to just flip the switch and say it's playoff time! >>> > >>> > ________________________________ >>> > From: [email protected] >>> > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >>> On Behalf Of Beaudoin, John >>> > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 1:25 AM >>> > To: [email protected] >>> > Subject: Re: Orsillo >>> > >>> > Watched it all while chatting online. >>> > >>> > Worst umpiring I've seen in a long time. >>> > >>> > Everyone was tight. Nerves. Both teams and umps. >>> > >>> > Lester looked great. Defense sucked and had brilliant moments too. >>> > Hitting was ... 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