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Jimcs50
10-24-2004, 10:41 PM
Foulke has been a stud in the playoffs. He mowed down the Cards again tonight in 8th and 9th.

4 errors again tonight, but stiil the Sox win. All runs are from 2 out hits in 3 different innings from 3 different players. This team will not be denied.

:elephant

Jimcs50
10-24-2004, 10:46 PM
Rolen and Edmonds are 1-16 against Boston pitching. :cooldevil

pooh
10-24-2004, 11:01 PM
I'm rooting hard for the Sox, but I think Rolen, Edmonds and Pujous will errupt in St. Louis.

ducks
10-24-2004, 11:03 PM
the pitcher will be fine in game 3 until he gets to 100 pitches
if boston manager leaves him to that pitch count he is going to pay

pooh
10-24-2004, 11:04 PM
Pedro is starting for the Sox in game three and Lowe for game four. So we'll see

ducks
10-24-2004, 11:06 PM
pedro can not pitch more then 100 pitches
if he leaves him in past 99 the manager is an idiot

Sportcamper
10-25-2004, 08:26 AM
I got to tell ya Dr. Jim I am really worried about Boston...All those fans that have been saying for decades...

I can’t die until the Red Sox win the World Series....

Its gonna get ugly out there.... :lol

Jimcs50
10-25-2004, 09:02 AM
The funeral parlors will be be booked up for weeks. :)

Brodels
10-25-2004, 09:05 AM
pedro can not pitch more then 100 pitches
if he leaves him in past 99 the manager is an idiot

Petey wears down after about 100 pitches, but it's not a good baseball move to set a strict limit for him. You leave him in there as long as he's effective. This is no time to save Pedro for the future. It's quite possible that he'll be effective until he throws 110 pitches. Then again, he could struggle after 90.

Tito shouldn't wait until Petey throws 99 pitches and then remove him. Tito should monitor him throughout and remove when he's ineffective, whenever that turns out to be.

Jimcs50
10-25-2004, 09:27 AM
Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling is getting close to the point where you have to ask ... is he the greatest postseason pitcher of all time. In 15 starts in the postseason, he's allowed more than two earned runs twice -- and one of them was when his ankle tore apart against the Yankees in New York.

Schilling really had nothing Sunday against the Cardinals, throwing 87-91 mph without great location. His splitter was flat, but he just finds a way.

He had trouble getting up on his splitter, but he threw one great one to Jim Edmonds for a strikeout and another great one to Larry Walker for a strikeout -- it was just an amazing performance.

Against one of the best lineups in baseball, for Schilling to get through six innings with the stuff he had Sunday was astounding.

Kicking back at home
The Red Sox are so tough in Fenway Park. They sit there and sit there. The two first-inning walks are a perfect example. Matt Morris is hyped up and trying to make quality pitches but the Red Sox are so patient. He made three good pitches to Jason Varitek and then threw one bad changeup and Varitek hits it off the fence.


Bellhorn


They just wait, wait, wait, like Mark Bellhorn, who goes to 3-2 every at-bat. Morris throws him one fastball and Bellhorn hits it off the fence. Then Orlando Cabrera's great seven-pitch at-bat. He fouled three pitches off in a row, then gets a ball, then hits the next pitch off the fence. Their patience is phenomenal.

It's also very tough for St. Louis because the Cardinals don't have pitchers who get a lot of swing-and-misses, so they can't put the Red Sox away. Boston had an incredible seven swings-and-misses in Game 1 followed by seven swings-and-misses in Game 2. The Red Sox just put the ball in play and go deep in counts and that's what wins games.

Defusing mistakes
The fact that Schilling overcame four errors made behind him says a lot about the kind of pitcher he is. Every time he came back with a great pitch. After a dropped popup, he eventually came back to get Edmonds, who is a tough out to get. The first pitch after the first error, Schilling gets a groundball. Every time he regained his composure and made a great pitch.

Part of the Red Sox's problem defensively is the field conditions, but they have actually played great defensively for much of this season. Bill Mueller has had a tremendous year. The first error wasn't his fault. Jason Varitek is so aggressive and plays so hard. Twice in the postseason he's run over Mueller going for a popup.


Foulke

Tough as nails
Keith Foulke is absolutely locked in right now -- 12 straight appearances without a run.

To come in two nights in a row and face Edmonds, who is a great hitter, in a jam and strike him out twice -- with fastballs -- is astonishing. I never knew Foulke was this tough. He's got the makeup of a hockey player ... which by the way is his favorite sport. He's a quiet guy, but he has great reliever makeup and is one of the toughest players in the game. He outpitched Mariano Rivera in the ALCS and has been incredible in the first two games of this series.

Sportcamper
10-25-2004, 10:34 AM
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/koufax_1.jpg

Curt Schilling is getting close to the point where you have to ask ... is he the greatest postseason pitcher of all time...

Where is that little throw-up guy....

Jimcs50
10-25-2004, 10:36 AM
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/koufax_1.jpg

Curt Schilling is getting close to the point where you have to ask ... is he the greatest postseason pitcher of all time...

Where is that little throw-up guy....


Sandy was pretty good too. :)

IcemanCometh
10-25-2004, 12:56 PM
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Johnny_Blaze_47
10-25-2004, 01:07 PM
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