What a load of horsesheet. If Buckner was the team's best defensive first baseman, then why was Stapleton in there as a defensive replacement for the entire postseason?
________________________________ From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 12:14 PM Subject: Re: Manager Candidates Not really complaining about the lack of excitement. I like the idea of getting a younger, hungrier candidate in there. I don't know why but my personal favorite is Dave Martinez, the Rays bench coach. But he hasn't been interviewed yet. Anyone else see this? Former Red Sox manager John McNamara spoke to the New York Times on Tuesday, a day before a retrospective on the 1986 postseason will air on MLB Network. McNamara defended his decision to leave Bill Buckner in the game in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the World Series vs. the Mets. The Red Sox entered the bottom of the 10th with a 5-3 lead, and throughout the postseason McNamara had inserted Dave Stapleton as a defensive replacement for Buckner in late innings. McNamara, of course, stayed with Buckner in Game 6, a game that ended with the first baseman's error on Mookie Wilson's ground ball. “Buckner was the best first baseman I had,” McNamara told MLB network. "And Dave Stapleton has taken enough shots at me since that he didn’t get in that ballgame, but Dave Stapleton’s nickname was Shakey. And you know what that implies. I didn’t want him playing first base to end that game, and it was not any sentimental thing that I had for Billy Buck." McNamara also reveals on the program that Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd was too drunk to pitch in relief in Game 7 -- Boyd was the scheduled starter for Game 7 before a postponement allowed McNamara to go with Bruce Hurst -- and Roger Clemens did ask out of Game 6 after the seventh inning. Clemens has maintained for 25 years that he wanted to stay in the game. On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Tom Salemi <[email protected]> wrote: noooooooo............ > > > >On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hell yeah. At least throw Bobby V a phone call.... >> >> >>Dan D >>Central NJ USA >> >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Tom Salemi <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:37 AM >>Subject: Re: Manager Candidates >> >> >>Are we supposed to be? >> >> >>On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>Anyone excited by the current crop of candidates? >>> >>> >>>Dan D >>>Central NJ USA >>>-- >>>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. -- 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.
