I'll give him credit for allowing a pitch to hit him. On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hey, Tek struck out last night with 1 out, game tied, and men on base. > That's a positive you overlooked. He didn't line out to a base for a DP, > allowing Ells to score. You gotta factor in those personal sacrifices by > Tek. > > Bye. Gone. Tek. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steve Ouellette [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 04:55 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Tek must go > > Whatever minuscule advantage a team gains from a catcher's superior > pitch-framing and game-managing ability -- which has never been shown > to be statistically significant -- is more than lost by the gaping > hole of suck in the batting lineup. If a catcher can't catch the ball > and call a pitch, he's not in the majors. The biggest tangible things > that a good catcher can do to help his team is 1) produce on offense > and 2) control the running game. Neither of which Varitek can do. > > Fans in every city -- for all of recorded time -- think that their own > no-hit catcher has such special game-managing skills that it forgives > his lack of hitting. There's even a name for it. "Nichol's Law of > Catcher Defense" states that a catcher's defensive reputation moves in > inverse proportion to the quality of his hitting. It's the Brad Ausmus > rule. > > The Sox had a bad stretch to start the season, but Jon Lester, Clay > Buchholz and Josh Beckett are good pitchers with any catcher. Dice-K > is maddeningly inconsistent with anybody. Don't ask me about John > Lackey. > > I agree with Ray. Varitek is cooked. > > Steve O > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > > At this point, the starting pitching has to continue to come around, so > the > > catcher's most important job is to assist in that > > process. Anything else is secondary - hitting, throwing. Once the staff > is > > back to 'normal', I'll worry about those things. We > > should have enough hitting when everyone is back to career normals from > an > > offensive perspective. > > > > I don't think this is the biggest issue the Sox have, at least not until > > they are above .500... > > > > Dan D > > Central NJ USA > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Fri, April 22, 2011 12:34:05 AM > > Subject: Tek must go > > > > There is No Way that there isn't a competent AAA catcher who could do as > > good a job as Tek. > > > > -- > > Author of Robot Haiku : Poems for humans to read until their robots > decide > > it's kill time. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > -- Author of Robot Haiku<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1440511977?ie=UTF8&tag=rayspicks&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1440511977> : Poems for humans to read until their robots decide it's kill time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
