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September 13, 2007
Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. Today's topics: A weight off Ortiz's shoulders; Delmon Young's misplay; extra momentum heading into the weekend; the bullpen comes through; the fastest Red Sox team in recent memory; and Mike Mussina's triumphant return.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
Was Ortiz burdened by his lack of late-game heroics before last night? "I think probably. Particularly with the absence of Manny Ramirez the last couple of weeks, it has sort of fallen on Ortiz, and to a lesser degree I'd say Mike Lowell, to shoulder the offnesive load for this team. But it is kind of hard to believe that we could get to game 145, or whatever it is, before Ortiz has that kind of late-inning heroics which we've almost taken for granted the last few years."
Speed in the lineup: "They're still not going to be running around the bases with abandon and challenging Rickey Henderson anytime soon. But just the ability to take the extra base, to put guys in motion sometimes, to be aggressive, to maybe force some mistakes on the part of the defense, is a weapon that the Red Sox have seldom had the luxury of relying on."
Will Mussina return to the Yankees' rotation? "I'm sure that's on the table here. ... They do have some depth now with Kennedy and Hughes, who give them more options in the rotation. If Mussina can pitch like he did last night, then obviously his experience and many postseason starts can be a benefit as they head into October, but I would say that they probably need to see more than one good start to have him in their plans, because they do have other options now."
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