Comments on: Someone get John Lackey and Torii Hunter some tissues http://redsoxstats.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/someone-get-john-lackey-and-torii-hunter-some-tissues/ For When The Stats Don't Tell The Entire Story... Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chris http://redsoxstats.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/someone-get-john-lackey-and-torii-hunter-some-tissues/#comment-128 Chris Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:30:12 +0000 http://redsoxstats.wordpress.com/?p=180#comment-128 Maybe so but this loss has as much to do with the Angels not executing than Boston doing anything special. The Angels could have used a few bloop ground rule doubles that bounced sideways into the stands. Yes, any ballpark that requires that you actually get some good wood on the ball to get extra bases is "cookie cutter". Lackey is right to be frustrated with his teams' anemic play. But they have nobody to blame but themselves for possibly setting a record for runners left on base in a four game series. Howie Kendrick alone stranded almost 20 runners during the series. Bad series by the Angels and only mediocre series by the Sox. Red Sox won fair and square but in defense of Lackey a few lucky drop-ins for the Angels and a one or two less for the Red Sox and it could very well be a different series. When all is said and done, Angels are watching football and the Red Sox are still playing. If the Red Sox and the Dogders meet in the Series I and a lot of others may have to blow up our TVs. Maybe so but this loss has as much to do with the Angels not executing than Boston doing anything special. The Angels could have used a few bloop ground rule doubles that bounced sideways into the stands.

Yes, any ballpark that requires that you actually get some good wood on the ball to get extra bases is “cookie cutter”.

Lackey is right to be frustrated with his teams’ anemic play. But they have nobody to blame but themselves for possibly setting a record for runners left on base in a four game series. Howie Kendrick alone stranded almost 20 runners during the series. Bad series by the Angels and only mediocre series by the Sox. Red Sox won fair and square but in defense of Lackey a few lucky drop-ins for the Angels and a one or two less for the Red Sox and it could very well be a different series.

When all is said and done, Angels are watching football and the Red Sox are still playing. If the Red Sox and the Dogders meet in the Series I and a lot of others may have to blow up our TVs.

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