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September 12, 2007
Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. Today's topics: An offensive explosion at Fenway; pressure from New York, Cleveland and Los Angeles; the importance of earning the top playoff spot in the American League; Tim Wakefield's struggles; and the likelihood of the Sox opening 2008 in Japan.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments.
Importance of getting the top playoff seed: "In the event that they play the Cleveland Indians, as they would if the season ended today, and say the Angels were to knock off the Yankees in the other Division Series, having homefield against the Angels would save them a trip to the West Coast, to say nothing of the fact that they have played the Angels far better at Fenway than they have out at Anaheim. ... It's a lot easier to go out once to Anaheim for games three, four and five than it is to go out there to start the series for games one and two, and know that if it gets extended you have to go back for games six and seven."
Wakefield's second poor start: "That has to be at least somewhat ominous, because Wakefield's history is one of being either very good or cooling off, and as you're heading down the stretch here, it's not a good sign that he's had two pretty rough starts in a row. So they'll see if they can maybe correct some of that on the side and get him headed in the right direction as October approaches."
To go to Japan, or not?
Posted by Mike McDermott 
at 1:51 PM to McAdam
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