This may sound a little weird, but I actually felt good for the players on the Royals with their 4-3 win this afternoon. After being crushed & totally dominated for the past 2 nights by the Red Sox offense a big 3-run homer by Billy Butler propelled the Royals to a win.
Josh Beckett still pitched well. He ran into trouble in the 4th on two fronts. First, he walked 2 batters in front of Butler before his blast. Second, if you watch the pitch sequences, it looks like Varitek & Beckett went away from using the changeup & curve. It was fastball, fastball or cut fastball, cut fastball. Butler knew a fastball was coming & he creamed it. Hey, it happens. Any other day & the Sox score 10 & win 10-4. It just didn't happen today.
Now it's off to Chicago & Ozzie-world. The White Sox, like the Red Sox, may be looking to make roster moves over the weekend before the trade dealine expires on Sunday. Other than Carlos Beltran to the Giants, most of the other trades have been so-so. No blockbusters to date. I hope the Sox fill their pitching needs from within the organization.
Finally, how about Dustin Pedroia stroking a Green Monster homer in his last at-bat to keep his hitting streak alive?
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Concerned about the inability to get a run home with 1st & 3rd, and the meat of your line-up at bat. Youk does not put the ball in play-K's. Papi, same thing. I wouldn't be concerned if this had not happened several times in the last 2 weeks. On offense, they either show signs of being totally unbeatable, or becoming the proverbial "Mighty Casey". I don't want to live in Mudville!!
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