Off Day Musings: 6/2/09
My apologies for the recent period of dormancy here at Dewey’s House, as I just spent the past few days in the city of New Orleans. For those of you who have never been there, a couple of thoughts:
- Go. Preferably when there isn’t a parade running though the city. It doesn’t matter what your hobbies or interests are, and it doesn’t matter what your lifestyle choice is…you will appreciate the trip.
- The best way I can describe the city is it’s Wickenden Street in Providence multiplied by 1,000. A mix of eclectic restaurants, historic buildings, antique shops, art galleries, open-air nightclubs, dive bars, among other things.
- I always thought New Orleans would be a decent place for an expansion MLB team based on population stats alone, but sadly, that probably isn’t the case. The transit difficulties and the humidity make the idea of a Big Easy baseball franchise impractical.
Now, back to the important stuff.
You know it’s a sad state of affairs when a guy goes 1-5 with a double and it’s spun as a season-changing Renaissance event.
Smoltz-Watch 2009: The right-hander went 5 innings for the Greenville Drive on Sunday, striking out 6 and giving up one run on 5 hits. His next stop is likely AAA Pawtucket for two starts before joining the big team in mid June. Oh, and by the way, check out the schedule…the Sox are playing Atlanta in mid June. Hmmm.
It’s Chemistry Time! Mark Kotsay rejoins the team tonight, giving the Sox exactly what they need (assuming the object of baseball is to not score runs. Wait, that is the object of baseball, right?).
Kotsay can’t be any worse then Bailey. Right? RIGHT?!
I was probably Jeff Bailey’s biggest champion this offseason, and was happy to see him at least get a chance. Unfortunately, he did struggle (with the exception of a few dingers here and there). We can’t really glean too much from his small sample of MLB plate appearances other than he does have some power and he does have some difficulties making contact with MLB pitching. Kotsay is probably a net plus on him based on his defensive versatility. He can play center, and I guess Baldelli won’t really be dependable at any point in the near future. But, goddamn, I am not looking forward to watching Kotsay hit a 1-0 pitch to the second baseman every time up.