Tito to drop Ortiz in the lineup?

Stumbled on this interesting tweet from Joe Haggerty (a regular guest of Fireside Chats) after tonight’s game.

I think it’s time. Since coming back from his “break”, Ortiz has hit a measly .158 with nine, count them K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, in twenty one plate appearances. That’s a remarkable 43%. Of course, he does have his only home run of the season (whippeee). Granted he’s faced a ton of left handed pitching since his hiatus. But it is time to make a change for the good of all parties involved.

The starting pitching is finally coming around. Finally.

The starters were supposed to be the biggest strength going into the 2009 season. But disappointment is all that they had brought us up until eleven days ago.
Not lately though. The Red Sox starters–and bullpen–have held opponents to five or fewer runs, in ten straight games.
Impressive to say the least. And since that stat could be termed as cherry-picking, with the possibility that each game the opposing team scored the maximum of five runs. I must say that the average runs per game that Red Sox pitching (and defense) has allowed, is a miniscule 3.77 runs/game.

BOS 12, NYM 5: Upon further review

If only the replay system could be used to fix David Ortiz’s swing.

5/24: Avoid the Sweep

Tim Redding seems just right for some lumber to be flashed.

Jones, Lopez return to Triple-A for second shot

Call it a second chance.

Call it a shot at redemption.

Call it whatever you want but for Javier Lopez and Hunter Jones, their return to Pawtucket shows that the Boston Red Sox haven’t given up completely on the two left-handers.

But they might have been justified in doing so with Lopez.

NYM 3, BOS 2: Under review

Usually, the most unlikely of heroes arise in the playoffs. Enter Omir Santos 42 games into the Mets regular season.