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August 3, 2007
Sean McAdam joins us from Seattle for today's edition of projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. Today's topics of conversation: Doug Mirabelli; Roger Clemens; the Red Sox' troubles at Safeco Field; Jon Lester; and the week ahead, which looks to be the toughest stretch left for Boston.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
Mirabelli's base-running misadventure: "when [someone hits] the ball to the warning track in right field in fenway, which is about 380 feet, you would think that you could quite literally jog home [from third], and to see him get thrown out from that far -- I know David Ortiz didn't think it was funny -- but it was kind of comical."
Do the Yankees regret the Clemens contract? "I guess that's a question that gets answered best at the end of the year, when you find out: Did they make it back to the wild card or get back to the playoffs, which seems like it's still a longshot at this point. ... I guess maybe the more pertinent question is: Is Roger Clemens unhappy he signed there, money aside? You know, would he have been better coming here and taking the money from the Red Sox, which wasn't as big, but even at the time it seemed clear that the Red Sox were headed for a better season than the Yankees. And now Clemens faces the possibility of for the second year choosing the wrong team and missing the playoffs."
A time of judgment for the Red Sox: "I don't think, other than that three-game series at the end of August [against New York], that the Red Sox play a winning team on the road the rest of the way after they leave Anaheim. ... Literally, a week from now they'll have three road games with a team with a winning record the rest of the way. But given how they've struggled here [in Seattle] and the fact that the Angels are certainly one of the two or three best teams in the league, the next six days are pretty demanding. If they could get through, you know, maybe .500, maybe somehow put together a stretch where they go 4-2 in these six games and don't let the Yankees get any closer, then they'll have survived their toughest stretch of the season."
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