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August 15, 2007
Sean McAdam joins us today from Fenway Park for the latest edition of projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. The topics: last night's come-from-behind win, Jon Lester, Mike Timlin, Wily Mo Pena, Barry Bonds' threat to sue Curt Schilling, and Phil Rizzuto.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
On Lester's economical outing: "That has been a problem for him throughout his brief major-league career. It seems like he gets his pitch count up early, goes deep into counts, walks too many hitters, falls behind. All those things he corrected last night. ... He seemed to get ahead with his fastball, was aggressive, mixed all his pitches in pretty nicely. That's the Jon Lester that the Red Sox hope they see far more of in the coming years."
On moving Wily Mo Pena: "Technically they don't have to do anything until Friday, at which point we expect that they will bring Clay Buchholz up to make his major-league debut. The turning point here timewise: They need to clear a roster spot for Buchholz, and then Buchholz's spot will be given, presumably, to Bobby Kielty. I think they are trying in the last two days here to see if they can find anybody who will take Wily Mo Pena and give them something, anything, in return. But ... they might have to designate him."
On Phil Rizzuto: "He'll be remembered as sort of a link to the Yankees past, in much the same way that Johnny Pesky serves that role for the Red Sox. ... In Rizzuto's case it was a glorious era for the Yankees, with all those world championships that he was a part of. ... He was exactly who he came across as on TV: kind of a little eccentric, kind of goofy, not always paying close attention to the game as a broadcaster; but someone who became synonymous with those great Yankee teams and certainly a terrific goodwill ambassador, not only for the franchise but for the sport itself."
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