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June 6, 2007
The day after an ugly Red Sox loss, Sean McAdam joins projo.com sports producer Mike McDermott for today's edition of projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. Sean tries to explain how Lenny DiNardo could have shut down the Red Sox' offense. Other topics of conversation: Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew and Tim Wakefield.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments.
On the loss to DiNardo: "Last night continued sort of a season-long trend with [the Red Sox] having difficulty with soft-throwing left-handers, even ones who were teammates for a couple of years, in this case Lenny DiNardo. If you go back and look at it, it seems like -- in the mind's eye anyway -- that about half their losses have come against those kinds of guys. And really it doesn't make a lot of sense; there are enough good right-handed hitters on that team -- from Manny Ramirez to Kevin Youkilis to Mike Lowell -- and switch-hitters, like Jason Varitek, who are actually hitting better from the right side. But for whatever reason, lefties throwing junk at them seems to really tie them up."
On struggling Wakefield, tonight's starter: "I know that [pitching coach] John Farrell and he have been looking at some tapes to see if there are any mechanical issues. He said he didn't feel comfortable throwing out of the stretch against the Yankees, so I'm guessing they've worked on that on the side and we'll see if they can't make some fine-tuning."
Posted by Mike McDermott 
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