Rex Hudler

Granted he made one of the errors, he must have felt alone on an island tonight. They sounded really ugly on radio too. LOL

Game 2 - Put your sunglasses on before looking at the pitching line for Sean Tracey. It will hurt the eyes. Brice with a nice game. GREENSBORO 16 AT KANNAPOLIS 6 DH GAME #2 YTD YTD GREENSBORO AB R H BI AVG KANNAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG A.Rohleder LF 5 2 2 2 .264 P.Lopez SS 4 2 2 0 .250 K.Randel 2B 2 2 0 0 .186 A.Salvo 2B 3 2 2 0 .197 J.Hermida RF 4 3 3 3 .256 T.Brice 1B 4 1 3 4 .275 C.Resop RF 0 0 0 0 .194 M.Christense 3B 4 0 1 2 .382 A.Molina DH 5 3 3 4 .264 J.Reyes DH 4 0 0 0 .309 T.Merkle 3B 4 1 2 1 .300 D.Ciraco CF 4 0 0 0 .244 R.Word 1B 4 2 2 2 .191 J.Terrell LF 3 0 1 0 .400 E.Ordorica SS 5 1 2 3 .232 G.Molina CAT 3 1 1 0 .214 C.Grzecka CAT 5 1 2 1 .313 J.Cavin RF 3 0 0 0 .222 A.Brewer CF 4 1 0 0 .237 S.Tracey PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Esquivia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 F.Arellan PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Holdzkom PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Perez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Demontel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 16 16 16 TOTALS 32 6 10 6 GREENSBORO 4 6 3 0 0 3 0-16 16 1 KANNAPOLIS 0 0 3 0 2 0 1- 6 10 2 E--T.Merkle, T.Brice, S.Tracey. DP--GREENSBORO 0, KANNAPOLIS 0. LOB--GREENSBORO 9, KANNAPOLIS 6. 2B--J.Hermida (9), A.Molina 2 (9), T.Merkle 2 (6), R.Word (8), E.Ordorica 2 (14), C.Grzecka (4), T.Brice 2 (16), M.Christense (2), G.Molina (10). HR--A.Rohleder (7), J.Hermida (4), A.Molina (4). SB--J.Terrell (1). HBP--K.Randel, A.Brewer. SH--K.Randel. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREENSBORO M.Esquivia (W,4-1) 5.0 7 5 5 1 3 0 2.85 L.Holdzkom 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.76 J.Demontel 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 7.88 KANNAPOLIS S.Tracey (L,2-7) 2.1 9 12 12 3 3 1 11.02 F.Arellan 2.2 4 1 1 1 5 1 1.88 A.Perez 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 1 3.03 HB--S.Tracey, A.Perez. WP--S.Tracey 3. SO--A.Rohleder, K.Randel, A.Molina, T.Merkle, R.Word 2, E.Ordorica, C.Grzecka, A.Brewer 2, M.Christense 2, J.Reyes, J.Cavin 2. BB--A.Rohleder, K.Randel, J.Hermida, T.Merkle, R.Word, A.Salvo. T--2:12.

Game 1 - Brian Miller with the no-no for Kanny as reported earlier. GREENSBORO 0 AT KANNAPOLIS 2 DH GAME #1 YTD YTD GREENSBORO AB R H BI AVG KANNAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG A.Rohleder CF 1 0 0 0 .260 A.Webster CF 2 0 0 0 .299 K.Randel 2B 2 0 0 0 .188 A.Gonzalez SS 2 0 0 1 .233 J.Hermida RF 3 0 0 0 .247 T.Brice RF 3 0 1 0 .264 A.Molina DH 2 0 0 0 .248 M.Christense DH 2 1 2 0 .400 T.Merkle 3B 3 0 0 0 .291 J.Reyes 1B 3 0 1 0 .316 R.Word 1B 3 0 0 0 .184 D.Ciraco LF 3 0 1 1 .250 C.Resop LF 3 0 0 0 .194 E.Varela 3B 3 0 0 0 .249 E.Ordorica SS 2 0 0 0 .228 C.Lisk CAT 3 0 0 0 .190 P.Arlis CAT 2 0 0 0 .214 P.Lopez 2B 1 1 1 0 .245 P.Akens PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Miller PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 21 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 2 6 2 GREENSBORO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 0 0 KANNAPOLIS 0 0 0 1 1 0 X- 2 6 1 E--A.Gonzalez. DP--GREENSBORO 0, KANNAPOLIS 0. LOB--GREENSBORO 4, KANNAPOLIS 6. 2B--T.Brice (14), P.Lopez (11). SB--P.Lopez (8). HBP--P.Lopez. SH--A.Webster, A.Gonzalez. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREENSBORO P.Akens (L,4-6) 6.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 3.65 KANNAPOLIS B.Miller (W,5-4) 7.0 0 0 0 4 7 0 6.39 HB--P.Akens. WP--B.Miller. SO--A.Rohleder, K.Randel, A.Molina, T.Merkle 2, R.Word, P.Arlis, A.Webster, A.Gonzalez, T.Brice. BB-- A.Rohleder 2, K.Randel, A.Molina, M.Christense. T--1:52. A--1140

Nice outing by An goes to waste... WINSTON-SALEM 1 AT POTOMAC 2 YTD YTD WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG POTOMAC AB R H BI AVG R.Yan 2B 4 0 0 0 .323 W.Bergolla 2B 3 0 0 0 .277 M.Spidale CF 3 1 1 0 .285 B.Anderson LF 4 0 2 0 .252 J.Reed RF 4 0 2 0 .336 E.Encarnacio 3B 4 0 1 0 .244 E.Welsh DH 2 0 1 0 .266 J.Gutierrez DH 4 0 0 0 .286 B.Becker PH 1 0 0 0 .267 H.Honeycutt RF 4 1 2 0 .266 M.Morse SS 4 0 1 1 .265 B.Hawes RF 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Rogowski 1B 3 0 0 0 .253 J.Bannon SS 3 1 3 0 .276 E.Storey 3B 4 0 1 0 .257 C.Denorfia CF 2 0 0 0 .253 N.Martel LF 3 0 0 0 .243 B.Prince CAT 4 0 0 1 .272 W.Rosa CAT 3 0 0 0 .241 M.Calitri 1B 3 0 0 0 .213 D.Holt PH 1 0 0 0 .291 T.Thompson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.An PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Shackelfor PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Garza PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Salmon PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Stumm PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Cotton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 1 6 1 TOTALS 31 2 8 1 WINSTON-SALEM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- 1 6 3 POTOMAC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X- 2 8 3 E--R.Yan, E.Storey 2, W.Bergolla 2, J.Bannon. DP--WINSTON-SALEM 1, POTOMAC 2. LOB--WINSTON-SALEM 8, POTOMAC 10. 2B--B.Anderson (8), E.Encarnacio (8). CS--J.Reed, J.Bannon. HBP--M.Calitri. SH--J.Bannon, C.Denorfia. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WINSTON-SALEM B.An (L,7-4) 6.0 6 2 1 1 1 0 3.14 R.Garza 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6.07 J.Stumm 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.57 POTOMAC T.Thompson (W,3-4) 7.0 4 0 0 3 4 0 3.81 B.Shackelfor 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.12 B.Salmon 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.61 N.Cotton (S,13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.42 HB--B.An. WP--R.Garza. SO--E.Storey 3, W.Rosa 2, D.Holt, J.Gutierrez, C.Denorfia, B.Prince. BB--M.Spidale, E.Welsh, C.Rogowski, N.Martel, W.Bergolla, C.Denorfia. T--2:34. A--1201

Ugly game. Listened on radio. Hunstville had six hits and the Barons had 5 errors by the end of the 3rd inning. Barons had a shot until giving up 4 runs in the 9th. HUNTSVILLE (7) AT BIRMINGHAM (4) HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI R Knox LF 5 0 1 0 C Durham CF 5 1 3 1 D Krynzel CF 5 1 2 0 J Piniella LF 3 1 1 1 J HARDY SS 5 1 3 1 R Hankins 3B 5 0 1 0 C Hart DH 3 1 1 0 G Alvarez 1B 3 0 0 1 R Gripp 1B 3 0 0 0 D Ingram DH 3 0 0 0 R Paz 2B 4 1 0 0 S Bikowski RF 4 0 0 0 K Johnson C 4 2 1 2 C Maldonado C 4 0 1 0 N Varner RF 5 1 2 3 J Shaffer 2B 2 0 1 0 C Barnwell 3B 4 0 2 1 G Reyes PR 0 1 0 0 D Sandoval 2B 4 1 2 0 TOTALS 38 7 12 7 TOTALS 33 4 9 3 HUNTSVILLE 021 000 004 -- 7 BIRMINGHAM 100 001 002 -- 4 E--J Shaffer 2, S Bikowski, R Hankins, J Bullard, D Lee, R Knox, C Barnwell. DP--HUNTSVILLE 2, BIRMINGHAM 1. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 11, BIRMINGHAM 9. 2B--D Sandoval, R Hankins, D Krynzel, C Barnwell, R Knox. SB--R Knox 1 (22), K Johnson 1 (3), N Varner 1 (3). S--J Piniella. SF--G Alvarez, C Barnwell. IP H R ER BB SO HR HUNTSVILLE D Lee (W,8-2) 5 2-3 4 2 1 2 3 0 M Childers 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 1 0 M Adams (S,8) 2 3 2 2 2 4 0 BIRMINGHAM J Bullard (L,1-2) 4 6 3 0 2 3 0 K McWhirter 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 B O'Neal 1 2-3 2 0 0 1 0 0 M Smith 2 1-3 4 4 4 2 1 0 HBP--K Johnson by B O'Neal, J Shaffer by D Lee. SO--HUN: R Paz 2, R Gripp 2, D Krynzel, C Hart. BIR: D Ingram 2, R Hankins 2, J Piniella, S Bikowski, J Shaffer, C Maldonado. BB--HUN: R Gripp 2, C Hart 2, R Paz. BIR: D Ingram, J Piniella, G Reyes, G Alvarez. T--3:18. A--4,119.

Nice outing by Diaz. Harris in CF. No Borchard yet. CHARLOTTE (4) AT OTTAWA (1) CHARLOTTE AB R H BI OTTAWA AB R H BI W Harris CF 4 0 1 0 B Littleton CF 4 0 1 0 A Miles 2B 5 1 1 0 E Garabito SS 3 0 0 0 C Brumbaugh DH 4 1 2 0 L Bigbie LF 4 0 1 0 R Gload 1B 3 1 1 2 J Cust DH 4 0 0 0 T Hummel 3B 4 0 1 1 J Leon 3B 4 1 2 1 A Sanders LF 4 0 2 0 P Swann RF 4 0 0 0 S Morgan RF 4 1 1 0 J Hammond 2B 4 0 0 0 S Morales C 3 0 1 0 C Lemonis 1B 2 0 0 0 J Nunez SS 3 0 0 1 S Lomasney C 3 0 1 0 TOTALS 34 4 10 4 TOTALS 32 1 5 1 CHARLOTTE 003 100 000 -- 4 OTTAWA 000 100 000 -- 1 E--F Diaz. LOB--CHARLOTTE 7, OTTAWA 6. 2B--S Morgan, C Brumbaugh, T Hummel, S Lomasney. HR--J Leon 1 (3) (off F Diaz). SB--A Sanders 1 (4). CS--A Sanders. S--S Morales. SF--J Nunez. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHARLOTTE F Diaz (W,3-4) 6 4 1 1 2 6 1 G Majewski 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 M Ginter (S,3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 OTTAWA R Beltran (L,3-3) 6 7 4 4 1 4 0 M Drumright 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 D Cubillan 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 WP--R Beltran. SO--CHA: J Nunez 2, W Harris, S Morales, A Sanders, A Miles. OTT: J Cust 3, L Bigbie 2, B Littleton 2, J Hammond, P Swann, S Lomasney, E Garabito, C Lemonis. BB--CHA: W Harris, R Gload. OTT: E Garabito, C Lemonis. T--2:25. A--4,207.

I agree that the Marte trade was a good one for the Sox. That said, Guerrier has struggled at AAA this year after being injured in ST and starting late. His numbers are a bit misleading though due to limited starts and one really horrible one. (3.1IP 9H 9 ER 3BB) In his other starts, he's been decent, but not horrible, nor great.

Perhaps, but do you want a guy coming to the Majors that walks 4-5 guys a game in 5-6 innings in AA starts? I have confidence he will do what needs to be done to solve it.

Speaking of Glover, when is the last time that guy has pitched? Am I missing him in the boxscores everyday??

The thing I don't get is everybody seeming to believe that Paulie called out Frank for a lack of performance. If my recollection serves me correctly, Paulie called Frank out because he wasn't acting like a team player. He was b****ing about being benched and was late for stretching (or skipped it) and refused to stay on the bench during a game or something. I don't recall all the details and frankly (no pun intended) I don't think the details matter. Paulie basically said that he and his teammates thought Frank was being selfish and not thinking about how his actions affected the team. I am paraphrasing of course. Personally, I don't see a problem with Paulie being honest about it, but the problem was it happened right at the All-Star break where the media is magnified. Yes, PK should have confronted Frank, and maybe he did. I don't know that for sure. If you have a problem with PK doing what he did, then I think that is fair. I personally do think it was as big of an issue as it was blown up to be, but I respect anyone who disagrees and think PK should have kept his mouth shut. I just think people are making it sound like PK was on a witch hunt or in a power struggle, and I didn't see it that way. I think he was just honest about how he felt Frank was acting.

Don't forget Munoz. He's ready as well.

Cotts knows how to pitch. He moves the ball in and out, up and down. He keeps hitters off balance and is good at coming up with a big pitch in a great location to get the strikeout. A negative of all the strikeouts is he goes deep into counts with most hitters, giving him a higher pitch count than most pitchers. His longest outing this year has been 6 2/3. Most of his outings have been in teh 5 or 6 inning range. When he finds a way to go deeper into games without losing the edge he has (even if that means a few less strikeouts), he could be quite dangerous down the road.

CHARLOTTE KNIGHTS Individual Statistics Thru Games of: 6/09/03 W-L Record: 28- 33 PLAYER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SLG OBP E Brumbaugh, Cliff,OF .314 58 207 30 65 12 2 9 30 22 44 1 3 .522 .377 1 Burke, Jamie,C .275 34 102 13 28 5 0 2 19 7 12 0 0 .382 .330 3 *Gload, Ross,1B .305 52 190 26 58 16 2 6 27 9 18 4 0 .505 .328 3 Hummel, Tim,3B .282 57 202 29 57 13 3 4 27 17 27 6 0 .436 .341 7 #Miles, Aaron,2B .312 52 218 32 68 13 2 8 20 10 24 0 6 .500 .345 3 #Morales, Steve,C .176 13 34 4 6 1 0 1 2 1 7 0 0 .294 .200 1 Morgan, Scott,DH .265 47 155 18 41 7 1 4 16 17 40 3 2 .400 .349 3 *Nicholson, Tommy,SS .111 12 27 1 3 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 1 .111 .250 0 Nunez, Jorge,SS .240 56 179 13 43 1 0 1 11 2 48 9 3 .263 .247 12 Rowand, Aaron,OF .242 32 120 15 29 9 0 3 13 11 12 0 0 .392 .316 5 Sanders, Anthony,OF .262 49 168 23 44 7 2 9 32 14 41 3 1 .488 .323 3 Valenzuela, Mario,OF .254 31 114 14 29 5 0 3 10 3 25 1 0 .377 .277 0 All Others .272 279 41 76 13 2 10 37 23 58 8 6 .441 .328 7 Total-All Batters .274 1995 547 14 245 361 22 .324 259 102 60 141 35 .430 48 OPP PITCHER W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG Adkins, Jon 3- 3 5.48 11 9 1 1 0 47.2 48 30 29 3 3 20 22 2 .268 Almonte, Ed 2- 6 7.00 24 0 0 0 12 27.0 39 22 21 4 1 13 22 1 .351 Cooper, Brian 6- 5 3.36 12 12 1 0 0 75.0 74 33 28 7 5 16 43 0 .254 Diaz, Felix 2- 4 4.59 14 6 0 0 0 49.0 48 26 25 6 2 17 31 3 .262 Eason, Clay 0- 0 12.00 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 8 8 1 1 6 5 0 .346 Ginter, Matt 2- 2 2.54 23 0 0 0 2 39.0 37 15 11 1 2 12 29 0 .242 Kohlmeier, Ryan 2- 3 4.54 18 3 0 0 0 35.2 35 18 18 4 2 10 24 0 .252 Majewski, Gary 2- 2 8.00 16 0 0 0 0 27.0 27 24 24 2 3 18 20 1 .265 Meyer, Jake 0- 0 0.00 4 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 .100 *Munoz, Arnaldo 1- 1 7.04 22 0 0 0 1 23.0 25 23 18 4 1 13 30 3 .275 *Porzio, Mike 5- 2 3.77 12 12 0 0 0 71.2 67 33 30 8 4 22 58 1 .260 Rauch, Jon 2- 1 4.31 12 12 0 0 0 62.2 56 33 30 9 1 14 45 0 .242 *Stewart, Josh 0- 1 5.68 2 2 0 0 0 12.2 18 8 8 2 1 2 6 0 .340 All Others 1- 3 3.50 14 5 0 0 2 36.0 33 15 14 5 3 10 35 1 .244 Total-All Pitchers 28 4.61 61 5 515.1 288 56 175 12 33 2 17 517 264 29 373 .264

Another strong outing by Phillips. He will have to go to W-S soon. Maybe when Wing goes to Bham?? GREENSBORO 2 AT KANNAPOLIS 10 YTD YTD GREENSBORO AB R H BI AVG KANNAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG E.Ordorica SS 5 0 0 0 .230 A.Webster CF 4 2 1 0 .302 K.Randel 2B 3 0 0 0 .190 A.Gonzalez SS 4 2 2 2 .235 A.Molina DH 4 1 1 0 .252 T.Brice RF 4 1 1 1 .263 A.Rohleder LF 3 0 1 1 .262 M.Christense DH 4 2 3 2 .357 T.Merkle 3B 3 1 0 0 .301 J.Cavin PH 0 0 0 0 .228 R.Word 1B 4 0 2 0 .187 J.Reyes 1B 5 1 1 1 .315 C.Resop RF 4 0 1 1 .203 E.Varela 3B 4 1 2 1 .253 P.Arlis CAT 4 0 0 0 .217 C.Lisk CAT 4 0 2 3 .195 A.Brewer CF 3 0 0 0 .242 P.Lopez 2B 4 0 1 0 .241 S.Olsen PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Terrell LF 4 1 1 0 .429 D.Griffin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Phillips PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Deininger PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 2 5 2 TOTALS 37 10 14 10 GREENSBORO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1- 2 5 1 KANNAPOLIS 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 X-10 14 2 E--T.Merkle, E.Varela 2. DP--GREENSBORO 0, KANNAPOLIS 0. LOB--GREENSBORO 8, KANNAPOLIS 7. 2B--R.Word (7), A.Gonzalez (8), M.Christense (1), E.Varela 2 (9), C.Lisk (8). 3B--A.Molina (2). SB--K.Randel (11), P.Arlis (6). SF--T.Brice. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREENSBORO S.Olsen (L,2-5) 6.0 7 5 5 1 9 0 4.01 D.Griffin 2.0 7 5 5 2 0 0 6.08 KANNAPOLIS H.Phillips (W,2-0) 7.0 3 1 1 2 7 0 1.71 T.Deininger 2.0 2 1 1 2 3 0 3.75 WP--D.Griffin. SO--K.Randel 2, A.Rohleder 2, R.Word, C.Resop, P.Arlis, A.Brewer 3, A.Webster 2, A.Gonzalez, M.Christense, J.Reyes 2, E.Varela, C.Lisk, J.Terrell. BB--K.Randel, A.Rohleder, T.Merkle, A.Brewer, A.Webster, A.Gonzalez, J.Cavin. T--2:43. A--1258

Honel takes the loss with a s***ty outing. What's he doing, taking lessons from Buehrle?? ;-) WINSTON-SALEM 0 AT POTOMAC 2 YTD YTD WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG POTOMAC AB R H BI AVG R.Yan 2B 4 0 1 0 .329 W.Bergolla 2B 4 1 2 0 .280 M.Spidale CF 4 0 0 0 .284 B.Anderson LF 3 0 0 1 .243 J.Reed RF 4 0 2 0 .333 E.Encarnacio 3B 4 0 0 0 .244 B.Becker DH 3 0 0 0 .269 J.Gutierrez DH 4 1 2 0 .291 N.Martel PH 1 0 0 0 .250 H.Honeycutt RF 3 0 1 0 .260 E.Storey 3B 3 0 1 0 .257 B.Hawes RF 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Welsh PH 1 0 0 0 .262 J.Bannon SS 2 0 1 1 .266 C.Rogowski 1B 3 0 1 0 .259 C.Denorfia CF 3 0 0 0 .256 D.Holt LF 2 0 0 0 .293 B.Prince CAT 2 0 1 0 .286 M.Morse SS 3 0 0 0 .265 M.Calitri 1B 3 0 0 0 .217 C.Stewart CAT 3 0 0 0 .211 T.Howington PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Honel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Stanton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Meaux PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Cotton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 31 0 5 0 TOTALS 29 2 7 2 WINSTON-SALEM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 5 1 POTOMAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X- 2 7 1 E--C.Stewart, W.Bergolla. DP--WINSTON-SALEM 0, POTOMAC 0. LOB-- WINSTON-SALEM 5, POTOMAC 6. 2B--J.Gutierrez (16), J.Bannon (15). 3B--W.Bergolla (1). SB--M.Spidale (12), W.Bergolla (28). CS--J.Reed. SF--B.Anderson, J.Bannon. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WINSTON-SALEM K.Honel (L,6-4) 7.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 2.60 R.Meaux 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.02 POTOMAC T.Howington (W,4-5) 7.0 5 0 0 1 8 0 4.71 K.Stanton 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.58 N.Cotton (S,12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.53 BALKS--R.Meaux. SO--R.Yan, M.Spidale, B.Becker, E.Storey, C.Rogowski, D.Holt, M.Morse 3, W.Bergolla, E.Encarnacio 2, B.Hawes, C.Denorfia, M.Calitri 2. BB--D.Holt, B.Prince. T--2:14. A--1006

I read the piece... nowhere did I get the idea that BJ would be our next manager. Based on the premise of the column, you could say that Backman coujld fit into the mod he described, however.

Maybe next time I am feeling clairvoyant!

Would I have had any takers?

Too bad it doesn't get you answers.

I can live with that if you can.

Get off that bandwagon! It didn't work once, what makes you think it would work the second time??

I just don't think Biddle would have been given the same role and chance as White. I really don't think you can compare the two. I think Rocky needed a change of scenery and has benefitted from it. I really don't think Rock was ever going to have great success with the Sox.

Don't rule out Sanders. He is kind of hidden this year in the role he is in. Not getting regular work is tough. Keep in mind, they work very hard to make sure that a Minor League reliever doesn't go more than 2-3 days without working. They almost schedule relievers on certain days (some orgs more so than others). Not getting to pitch as often makes adjustments necessary and it is natural for a pitcher to struggle in that "last guy out of the pen" role. I am confident that Sanders will be right in that mix.

Told ya you'd get your wish, HSC. LOL

I believe he is saying that he is not going to answer his question since he took a high and mighty attitude. I'd also be curious to know who else is on his list of "s*** players that the Sox have acquired", just to see if his opinion means anything to me. If someone like Jimenez is on that list, his comments carry no weight. To me that sounds condescending as hell and I wouldn't answer it either. Questions can be asked in many ways, and that was certainly not asked in the best possible manner to elicit a positive response. Not positive, but I am just guessing that is the stance Josh was taking. Can't say I wouldn't have taken it as well.