Time for One Thought

6 Responses to “Time for One Thought”

1. Jeff Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 8:40 am

   He was warming, which made me scratch my head…

   Looks like Foulke might have been out of town yesterday, for reasons unknown. I do know he wasn’t at the HOF game.

2. Lyford Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 10:53 am

   While Mantei has pitched well, and I have no particular objection to getting him “high-leverage innings”, the timing of this comment reads like the kind of knee-jerk second-guessing that makes WEEI so tedious. Did Timlin and Embree get the job done last night? No, they did not. Was there any reason before they came into the game to think that it was a bad idea to bring them in to the game? No, there was not.

3. Sully Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 11:27 am

   Lyford, take my comment for what it is. Mantei appears to be better than Embree for sure
   and every bit as good as Timlin. I didn’t disagree with either move last night, but after
   last night think that Mantei should, at the very least, be in the mix for some important
   innings. That’s all. I think you attached sarcasm or smarminess to a sentence that was
   only supposed to bear the meaning of the words in it and nothing more.

4. Lyford Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 12:37 pm

   I think Embree has rapidly into LOOGY territory

   I think that’s silly. Embree’s never had particularly great splits. He’s an over-the-top fastball pitcher. Historically, lefties hit him nearly as well as righties do.

   Small sample size and whatnot, but Embree is getting killed by righties this year to the tune of a .906 OPS.

   Small sample size. Exactly. He’s faced 42 right-handed batters, and given up 5 doubles and 3 HR. The .262 AVG and .311 OBP against aren’t bad, the .595 SLG against is awful. But again, we’re talking about 42 at-bats.

   In his last 10 appearances, he’s had 8 outstandings ones (10 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 8 K, 0 ER) and 2 dreadful ones, involving 3 run homers.

   When he keeps them down in the zone, he’s ok. But when he gets them up (which seems to happen more often than not this season), those pitches are referred to as “batting practice fastballs.”

   It’s nowhere near “more often than not”. He’s allowed an earned run in 6 of his 20 appearances this year. What does seem to be the case is that he’s either excellent or really, really bad.

5. Lyford Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 12:40 pm

   Lyford, take my comment for what it is…I think you attached sarcasm or smarminess to a sentence that was
   only supposed to bear the meaning of the words in it and nothing more.

   Fair enough. I may have read too much into it. One of my pet peeves is second-guessing on moves that make sense but turn out badly, and that’s how I read that. I accept that that is not how you intended it. Sorry.

6. Sully Says:
   May 25th, 2005 at 2:25 pm

   No sweat, Lyford. I probably shoulda been clearer. Thanks for stopping by.

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