Princess Dye

While the team's obviously not high on Broadway, they probably still want to gauge the possibility of Beckham to SS and Alexei to CF as a fallback plan if the offense is solid but not excellent come the 2nd half of the year. And obviously that's predicated on Beckham tearing it up and leaving no doubt at AA That's the only explanation I can make for why they didnt do some lateral move to get a halfway decent CF in here. b/c yeah, it's a hole and they shouldve filled it. It could have been done cheaply.

QUOTE (Paint it Black @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 04:43 PM) Whoa - Lawrence Arms - one of my good friends was semi-roadie for them way back when I think there's a lot of overreaction here to Game 1. People reflect on Wise's career stats, but the whole point is there's a guy here with some speed who actually had a nicer Spring than he's used to having....and he has had a nicer 12 months or so than he's ever used to having. So there's a chance he has figured something out late in his career. Maybe the chance isnt huge, but it's worth exploring over all our other options. People talk up Brian like he's been robbed, but in truth it's a situation where both players had nice springs, but the slot that has to be filled here is a guy with speed. Brian can't take second base like Wise. Ozzie's thinking has to be - if Wise works, this has a chance at being a great offense. If Brian works, we have a #9 hitter, and improved defense. The upside of that first option is too good to not take an early season look at. You can always put Brian there but you have to find out if there's an on-roster leadoff guy first. Yesterday was one game and I think a lot of vocal Sox fans at the park yesterday embarassed themselves. Beyond all that though, booing's totally pointless. Football fans can change a game by being vocal. In baseball, what happened yesterday during each at-bat was either having zero effect, or it made the home team player more self-conscious and thus worse. But yea it's a great idea.

Imagine all the pressure KWJr. has being the boss' son. Not so much from fans down there but from the teammates.

It should be interesting to see if Ozzie uses Alexei up in the lineup against lefties at all this yr.

How do we evaluate AJ's year in the 2-hole last yr? Did he sacrifice stats to help us out, or were his numbers just lower b/c of decreased production

to keep it L-R up top, people are saying Alexei I dunno though, there's not enough bat control to me there. He has shown he can do stuff like the semi-butcherboy deal he last year..... but overall he's better hacking. Thats just the way he's meant to be effective as a major leaguer.

Do we really need to make a thread like this after one game? Most people want Getz in first and Wise or BA in 9th. Slamming the guy nonstop however has the unintended effect of absolving others of their mistakes today, which lets face it were dumber than just striking out against a good pitcher.

Maybe he caught the clutch disease late last year

So many JT atbats go ball ball strike looking

Quentin trying to hit Pluto on that one

Wise is just a lot more comfortable lower in the order. It was that way last year too. A career minor leaguer, while having his first ML success, is still not going to be used to this level of pressure. If anything he's used to having the opposite of it.

Ohhhh man the crowd.

Wise might have been attacked if that was caught. e-attacked, here, anyway.

Good Dotel is here today

I know Viciedo has been known to have some weight issues at times, but hows he run?

Daley looked really happy just then b/c he thought of some more souls to crush at that very moment

Even if the three strikeouts arent indicative of all Wise is, it at least hopefully tells Ozzie he should be in the 9 slot.

Ha, same pitch this time they give it to him

Bottom of KC's order has been swinging wildly at the high fastball

That play was definitely something Crede wasnt so good at. Overall Joe's heyday will still be superior defensively but Fields has the athleticism over him, evident on plays like that one.

How many balls have we hit hard off Meche? 1? (Fields)

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Apr 7, 2009 -> 02:01 PM) YES!!! Getz on 2nd!!! That's the kind of speed I wish the sox had more of! I think it's more like Getz has normal speed and just seems like more b/c of the surrounding dinos

Nice, a little Jose Valentin in Getz there (in a good way)

Hawk was able to say Alesay during the ST but regular season brings a whole new mindset for him.

I think the chance of a throw being off or bobbled is higher than Wise's chances. Hopefully as the year goes on that opinion gets thwarted.