Red Sox 1, Orioles 0
Matt Clement was great, so was Rodrigo Lopez, the Sox were lucky to get 1, the umps were as bad as bad can be and I am reminded of what Mazz wrote before the season. I already addressed the inanity of the piece here but I wonder if Mazz isn’t embarassed yet. Nothing funnier than someone who is simultaneously opinionated and ignorant.
His (Joe Torre’s) New York Yankees have better pitching than the Red Sox.
An opinion? No, no, no. That’s a fact. Many Boston sports followers are still inhaling the fumes from the outbreak of local championships, and they’re so high now that they cannot see straight.
Presented with the all of the appropriate it’s-still-early caveats…
Sox Starters’ ERA: 3.15
Yanks Starters’ ERA: 5.46
Who can’t see straight?
April 22nd, 2005 at 1:41 pm
Boston’s starters have definitely been better, but it should never be forgotten that the Yankees’ defense is simply atrocious. There’s an appreciably smaller gap between the two clubs’ DIPS numbers.
But the most important point, as you say, is that it is still early.