Official Boston Red Sox 2005 Thread

[elicoleman]

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That was his 9th

[CWood2]

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Let the Schilling to the bullpen bashing begin...

[elicoleman]

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Welcome back Mr Schilling

[Thrasha]

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Let the Schilling to the bullpen bashing begin...

lol

I'm not sure what to do with Schill....It's a odd situation to say the least.

[CWood2]

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lol

I'm not sure what to do with Schill....It's a odd situation to say the least.

He didn't have his fastball and his offspeed stuff was up, even though A-Rod hit a decent pitch out. Tough to bring him back against the heart of the Yanks order after all that time off, but he clearly doesn't have it yet. Hopefully it's not the injury that's holding him back, but some time on the mound rather.

[Thrasha]

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He didn't have his fastball and his offspeed stuff was up, even though A-Rod hit a decent pitch out. Tough to bring him back against the heart of the Yanks order after all that time off, but he clearly doesn't have it yet. Hopefully it's not the injury that's holding him back, but some time on the mound rather.

I don't know, I think Sutcliffe(sp) made a fair point about Curt pushing off with his righ ankle (don't know if you were watching the ESPN telecast).

[Beantown]

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Let's see...he hasn't pitched in almost 3 months, he's still not fully healed from the surgery(the doctor said 18 months...we're at 8[from the ESPN broadcast earlier]) and he's coming back against one of the top 5 most dangerous 1-2 combo's in baseball. I'd say we don't have to push the panic button yet.

[CWood2]

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I don't know, I think Sutcliffe(sp) made a fair point about Curt pushing off with his righ ankle (don't know if you were watching the ESPN telecast).

Just got home and turned on NESN, but Sutcliffe knows his stuff. I think he's even better than Brantley when he analyzes pitchers. Whatever he said is worth considering.

Conversely, Rivera has found himself since he blew those saves against us...strikes out the side, awesome.

Without overreacting, if Schill doesn't work out over time, we may have to part ways with a prospect for more bullpen help and that would upset me. As I said, we'll give it time; Curt's comeback is a lot longer than one game.

[deeman11747]

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Let's see...he hasn't pitched in almost 3 months, he's still not fully healed from the surgery(the doctor said 18 months...we're at 8[from the ESPN broadcast earlier]) and he's coming back against one of the top 5 most dangerous 1-2 combo's in baseball. I'd say we don't have to push the panic button yet.

I agree... its foolish to be labeling Schilling as a failure as a closer just yet. I think Sox fans were being too optmistic thinking that he'd floursih right away. He;s in a new role coming off a big injury and he needs time.

Allthough.... as happy as I am with our win, I'm even happier that Schilling's name is in the loss column.

[Thrasha]

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Just got home and turned on NESN, but Sutcliffe knows his stuff. I think he's even better than Brantley when he analyzes pitchers. Whatever he said is worth considering.

Conversely, Rivera has found himself since he blew those saves against us...strikes out the side, awesome.

Without overreacting, if Schill doesn't work out over time, we may have to part ways with a prospect for more bullpen help and that would upset me. As I said, we'll give it time; Curt's comeback is a lot longer than one game.

Yeah I mean, I usually can throw something to the wall in any situation just to give a possible solution. But I can't really pull anything outta my head as of yet.

Basically what Sut said was that Curt wasn't pushing off with his ankle, and it wobbled on the pitch prior to the double to Sheff. They replayed a couple other pitches and it just showed he was just putting weight on it but not putting much push into it. Much like he was pitching in game 1 of the ALCS I believe.

I know its early, and this is only one appearence, but the only thing that really sticks out in my head right now is that Curt should/could just sit it out for the remainder of the year. Or continue to rehab down in Pawtucket and hopefully figure "it" out. I don't believe it's a mindset or mechanical problem as much as it is a problem with the ankle itself still.

But what the hell do I know?

[ILLCHILL]

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What a dissapointing loss. I hope it doesnt overshadow the fact that it really was a GREAT game. Except for the ump.

[deeman11747]

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What a dissapointing loss. I hope it doesnt overshadow the fact that it really was a GREAT game. Except for the ump.

Yeah, Wendelstedt was having a tough night for both teams.

[Thrasha]

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What a dissapointing loss. I hope it doesnt overshadow the fact that it really was a GREAT game. Except for the ump.

that umpire was horrible and let Torre get in his head from the beginning until the end

[Misfit]

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The Sox got off to the hot start but let the Yankees hang around. Schilling had nothing in the 9th. He doesn't have the offspeed stuff to get away with high 80s and low 90s fastballs. Hopefully it was just a bad day for him and he can get it going after a few outings.

[Stu]

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No need to panic, we've got Leskanic..... oh crap, we don't.

It's going to take some time to determine if this Schilling experiment is gonna work. I'm not ready to judge him after facing 2 of the best hitters in the game in his first game back. At this point, he needs to pitch, whether it's good or bad. The Red Sox were good enough to survive a few bad outings from Foulke and they're good enough to survive the same with Schill.