vockins wrote:Tim Wakefield's not starting? That wicked sucks!
T. Wakefield vs. NYY GS28 W9 L16 ERA5.03
Wake has had issues in the post season, but having him in the bullpen is a big help. W/o wake no way the SOx would have made it past the yanks in 2004
Also note "wicket sucks" is a malaprop. Wicked awesome is correct, but "wicked sucks" is like "pahk the kah in hahvahd yahd" no one really says that other than people trying to be funny.
The angels are hurting bad tho, no Gary Mathews and Vlad the impaler has to DH , which helps out the sox because Vlad still has a very respectable arm out of RF, w/ the multi tasking Chone figgins in RF that reduces their OF power hitting to JD Drew-esque standards
On paper the Bosox Offense has the advantage, however its not a scary looking lineup w/ Crisp/Lugo/Drew not really providing any power or OPS to take advantage of the speed.
The angels still have a great #1 pitcher so they could easily win a low scoring game if the bosox make a few mistakes