Lefty Left, Came Back
Left-handed pitchers like Mike Myers often find themselves on the rebound. “It’s not you, it’s me,” says the Red Sox front office, and Myers goes to the Cardinals. Then things get bleak and Theo Epstein recalls how good it was with Myers, and how he took him for granted. Epstein gazes down at the mound, remembering the graceful grazing of Myers’s sidearm delivery, and how dumbfounded he left Garret Anderson. “I was all wrong about Anastacio. I don’t know what I ever saw him. I sent him packing. Please, come back.” Nostalgia sets in as he peruses the lines:
| Right/Left | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. Right | 61 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .344 | .432 | .574 | 1.006 |
| vs. Left | 103 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .233 | .322 | .340 | .662 |
“Your strikeout to walk ratio isn’t the greatest, but you don’t give up extra base hits often. You’re all I’ve ever wanted in a LOOGY. I’ll give up minor league outfielder Carlos de la Cruz and pitcher Kevin Ool if you’ll just give us another chance.”
Comments
Tito's comments were kinda *frisks hand* ya know...not that there's anything wrong with it :)
PTH ∙ 30 March 2005 ∙ 4:49 PM
One last thing...and Mike Myers would be saying
"Shut up...just shut up....you had me at hello....you had me....at hello!"
PTH ∙ 30 March 2005 ∙ 4:51 PM
Piney, I wrote this post even before this new article with Francona's comments came out. "I think Theo has been teasing me since Myers left -- he knew how I felt," says Tito. Hilarious.
Empyreal ∙ 30 March 2005 ∙ 6:38 PM
Bwahahahah! Yeah...he's really pushing it with some of his comments, that Tito. Maybe McCarty should talk about that
PTH ∙ 30 March 2005 ∙ 9:48 PM