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September 5, 2007
Sean McAdam rejoins us today for our latest edition of projo SoxTalk. Click here to listen to the full audio file. Today's topics: different ways to beat the Blue Jays; Jonathan Papelbon goes back-to-back-to-back; Jacoby Ellsbury's surprising power surge; how the Red Sox plan to use Clay Buchholz; and the availability of Eric Gagne.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
On Papelbon: "I think it's a terrific sign that in the first week of September, he's taken on his biggest workload of the season. That tells me that they've done a pretty good job preserving him, and as they get into the stretch run, they don't have to be as careful."
On Ellsbury: "He's hit as many home runs (2) in 31 major-league at-bats as he hit all season in 436 minor-league at-bats. And he talked about that last night, saying that when he went back down after coming up [in mid-summer], he changed some things in his swing ... started using his legs a little more in terms of his approach at the plate, started generating a little more power, and we've seen that."
On Buchholz: "They're kind of hoping -- and it's really only that; I don't think they have any great expectations here -- but they're kind of hoping that they catch a little lightning in a bottle in the final three weeks. I don't want to say he can duplicate what Francisco Rodriguez did with the Angels in 2002, but maybe he can be Jonathan Papelbon with the Red Sox in 2005."
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