Comments on: Adios to One Stiff, Bienvenidos to Another.

By: LB

LB — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:25:23 +0000

Ah, Lou Merloni. Framingham’s own Lou Merloni. The Red Sox’ own Willie Bloomquist, except that they never threw a million dollars and a multiyear deal in his direction.

I don’t accept the proposition that even a slight jostling of his skull could have killed Jackson. I reviewed the tape last night, and the juy was back up on his knees in seconds, even though Damon was out cold, flat on his back.

As long as the tape was out, it was a nice to see Terrance Long watch strike 3 go by him with the bases loaded and two out in the 9th inning.

By: David A.

David A. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:22:49 +0000

186: If there's no one else (it looks like Merloni could've gone in), and Jackson had to leave the game because "even a slight jostling of his skull could have killed him", I'm pretty sure Millar could've handled 3B for two or three innings while McCarty took first. The mere fact that he did play the position beyond a fluke once or twice says something, too, though, ultimately, he might not have had any business playing there with any regularity. Even after he stopped playing third, he fielded grounders regularly, at least. Or would you rather have Kapler try second or third? Or Mirabelli? Talk about a disaster waiting to happen. All this reminds me that Ichiro figures prominently in a fun and slightly relevant post from BaseballToaster.

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:57:02 +0000

Rivera is the Catcher of the future.

Rene Rivera has no aptitude for any facet of the game. He’s not a prospect, and giving him playing time at the expense of other more interesting catchers is a huge waste. Just kick him to the curb and be done with it.

By: LB

LB — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:32:57 +0000

Millar played a total of 28 games at 3B over a total of five years with the Florida Fish. There’s a reason no one’s played him at 3B since. (Hell, he’s not exactly graceful at 1B.)

Nixon’s never played 1B in MLB. Game 5 of the ALDS is probably not where you want to introduce him to the position, even if you’ve got a brain the size of Grady Little’s.

By: David A.

David A. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:45:56 +0000

Ahhhhh, crap… I mixed up 04 with 03 again. Anyway. Shift Mueller to 2B and Millar to 3B and somebody’s gotta be able to play 1B without giving up the DH, right? Kapler in RF and Nixon at 1B?

By: B_Con

B_Con — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:36:38 +0000

Rey Ordonez has a career OPS under .600 and hasn’t played in 2 years. You have got to be kidding me. They are going to move someone off the 40 man roster for him?

By: LB

LB — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:26:59 +0000

Evan, you got a link for where you found out how badly Jackson was hurt on that collision?

I have that game on tape and just reviewed the play. No, Jackson never passed out.

By: LB

LB — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:22:11 +0000

FWIW, after taking Jackson out, I’d have put Mientkiewicz at 2B,

Mientkiewicz played for the Twins in 2003, so that’s a pretty unlikely substitution.

By: joser

joser — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:59:40 +0000

Man, one year your on the ML roster. The next your back in the bus leagues, all the way to AA.

“Yeah, I was in the show. I was in the show for 21 days once – the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains.”

By: David A.

David A. — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:43:51 +0000

Evan, you got a link for where you found out how badly Jackson was hurt on that collision? I don't recall that Jackson lost consciousness, and all the news stories I've read concentrate on Damon. Sounds like an interesting story that went underreported. FWIW, after taking Jackson out, I'd have put Mientkiewicz at 2B, or put Minky at 1B, then shifted Mueller to 2B and Millar to 3B, where he'd played a couple times as late as 2002. Either configuration's gotta be better than putting Ortiz in the field, not to mention losing the DH in the process. If Ichiro and Lopez both have to come out at the same time, Broussard goes to RF/LF with Ibanez in the other corner OF, Bloomquist to 2B, and Guillen shifted to CF, assuming, of course, those guys are all available. Also, he may be poor there, too, but Sexson has experience in LF and might not embarrass himself. I'd go with the first option. Odds of Hargrove putting Bloomquist in CF and losing the DH by putting Vidro at 2B?