Something I Forgot to Mention
Why has Dave Roberts been batting second?
The only thing that sucked about last night’s top of the 4th was that Roberts, batting second in Terry Francona’s lineup, made both outs. One on a bunt pop-up to the catcher (smallball…wheeeee) and the other when he made the inning’s final out with the bases full on a feeble grounder to third base.
I don’t think I need to go far beyond saying that any lineup consisting of Bill Mueller and Mark Bellhorn has no need whatsoever for Dave Roberts in the 2-hole. Hopefully last night put an end to that.