Comments on: Game 1 Preview

By: MarkW

MarkW — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:11:52 +0000

Middle inside fastball and he hit it OUT of Fenway...

nice.

Can he go 4 innings today? maybe get that ERA down to 13.00?

By: FunBobby

FunBobby — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:06:23 +0000

Where is the magical rick anderson?

By: MarkW

MarkW — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:04:31 +0000

Okay, I'm done with this game... Something's not right with Baker still... Nick FN Green hits a homerun now? this is going to get ugly in a hurry...

4-0

2 fastballs hit out of the park... great.

By: FunBobby

FunBobby — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:04:05 +0000

and another homer to Nick Green. this is terrible.

By: MarkW

MarkW — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:02:47 +0000

Off to a great start! Homerun by Youkilis in the 1st and Wakefield looks to be fooling us with the knuckle!

Yeah, patience at the plate would be key...

By: sirsean

sirsean — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:58:05 +0000

Speaking as someone who can't hit any type of pitching, much less a knuckleballer ... it seems to me that the way to beat them is to make a mistake.

All knuckleballers make mistake pitches once in a while, resulting in a fat 75 MPH ball up in the zone. You can smack that around like Livan Hernandez is pitching.

If it's biting well, just ignore it, since it'll drop out of the zone and you'll probably get walked anyway.

Of course, that strategy plays well for Boston's offense, NOT for ours.