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12 Responses to “5/8: I’ll see your Verlander and raise you a Beckett…”

1. Tessie's Dad says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

   And, oh yeah, Lugo’s in the lineup tonight….any chance he could redeem himself?

   Well, when Papi was struggling recently, we all knew he’d come around and revert to the mean. Maybe we should cut Lugo some similar slack. I mean, he can’t maintain this level of horrendous, soul-crushing, morale-destroying, weapons-grade, gawd-awful, anti-clutch abject suckitude for an entire season, can he? He’s got to rise up and approach mediocrity at some point, right?

2. Jc says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

   Red Sox

   1. Jacoby Ellsbury, LF
   2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
   3. David Ortiz, DH
   4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
   5. Mike Lowell, 3B
   6. J.D. Drew, RF
   7. Jason Varitek, C
   8. Coco Crisp, CF
   9. Julio Lugo, SS

   Josh Beckett, SP

   Tigers

   1. Curtis Granderson, CF
   2. Placido Polanco, 2B
   3. Carlos Guillen, 3B
   4. Magglio Ordonez, RF
   5. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
   6. Matt Joyce, LF
   7. Marcus Thames, DH
   8. Brandon Inge, C
   9. Ramon Santiago, SS

   Justin Verlander, SP

   just win.

3. Sean O says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

   Tessie-
   How quickly you forget last season. Comparing Papi and Lugo, yikes.

4. Tessie's Dad says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

   Naw, I’m just trying to light the same fire under Lugo that I apparently lit under Wakefield. (I ripped on him after his loss to Toronto, then he went out and had an outstanding game against the Tigers.) With luck, after tonight we’ll be able to say Lugo’s name without spitting.

   And I wasn’t really comparing Lugo to Papi; I was comparing we fans’ reactions to their individual struggles. Maybe I did go a bit overboard, though. ;)

   Go Sox.

5. Jc says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

   Youk esta en fuego!!!

6. Jc says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

   Lugo is so worthless he can’t even lay down a bunt.

7. Zach Hayes says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

   Josh Beckett = exceptional, as always.

8. Jc says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

   Hansen is looking good, hopefully this will mean the demise of Lopez.

9. Sean O says:
   

   May 8th, 2008 at 10:05 pm

   how would Hansen help with the Lopez issue? Javier is back to having a normal split, so he’s done pretty well against lefties this year. Unless Hansen has some weird reverse split I don’t know about, seems like Hansen and Lopez are unrelated if we feel we need a loogy.

10. gerry says:
    

    May 9th, 2008 at 12:42 am

    We have our Ace, with an other Ace or two in the works.

    Becket is so good, he allows our pitchers to believe in redemption. Hansen, Delcarmen, Lopez, Aardsma, are getting it together, gaining confidence, and will be part of a more formidable pen than last year. Inconsistencies? Heck yes. Look at Becket, Wake, Buchholz, Lester, Matsuzaka, Shields, Verlander, Paps, etc. already this year. We are deep enough to deal with that.

11. Jc says:
    

    May 9th, 2008 at 7:38 am

    the problem with Lopez is that loogies suck, it’s stupid to give a roster spot to a man that’s only there to face one and maybe 2 batters in a game, give me a right hander with good stuff who can take out anyone and you take your loogy.

12. gerry says:
    

    May 9th, 2008 at 8:37 am

    You are right, I think, that 7 RP’s are too few to have one dedicated to taking out a lefty, especially with this gruelling schedule. But if that role can be stretched to include taking on the next 3 - 6 batters, then that slot is as effective as any other, including long relief. It helps that, except for a bad game, Lopez is effective against righties. In other words, let him pitch and see what he can do. Use him as a loogy and keep him in.

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