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September 28, 2007
Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. Today's topics: problems clutch hitting, the impact of the rain, David Ortiz's hot streak, Terry Francona's starting pitching options, Jacoby Ellsbury's injury and Coco Crisp's illness, and a big final weekend in the National League.
Following are excerpts from Sean's comments.
Ortiz: "Ortiz has been terrific really for most of September. I remember thinking back in August whether this guy was going to get to half of his home-run total from a year ago, when he set a club record with 54, and you're thinking: Is he even going to get to 27 this year, half of that output? And now he's at 34, and that shows what kind of a home-run run he's been on here in the last five or six weeks or so."
Sox playoff rotation: "I think they've left open the possibility that it could be either guy in Game 2. It's certainly going to be Beckett to open the series, and then I think they are remaining flexible enough that it could be either Schilling or Matsuzaka in Game 2, and then of course the other would pitch Game 3. They certainly have enough downtime here in the next week or so to figure that out."
Crisp: "He's battling a whole bunch of different things at once, including an inner-ear infection that left him a little dizzy early in the week. I know that they were going to try to get him looked at yesterday. He's also got that back-hip thing that's been going on for the better part of a week and a half, and sort of nagging at him. I get the feeling that if he had to play tomorrow, or tonight for that matter, he could, but they've been trying to stay away from him. Maybe this Ellsbury thing changes it. Then again, they do have Moss and Kielty, with a little bit of depth, and you can always move people like Lugo and Cora in an emergency out in the outfield. So I think that they're going to be careful here, but once he can play, I'm sure they'd like Crisp to get a game or so before the postseason arrives."
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