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October 29, 2007
Click here to listen to today's version of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. The topics: putting the Red Sox' latest triumph in perspective; many players deserving of MVP honors; keeping the nucleus of the 2007 team together; the feel-good story of Mike Lowell; Alex Rodriguez's big announcement; why you shouldn't expect the Sox to try to hard to land A-Rod; and how the 2004 Sox would match up with the 2007 Red Sox (hint: They'd do better than the Rockies).
Following are some excerpts from Sean's comments.
Postseason kings: "The funny thing is that for all the stumbling and bumbling the Red Sox did in the postseason for so many years, and so many heartbreaking defeats, now it seems like they've really got the hang of this October thing, and have had two great postseasons for themselves in the span of four years."
Gazing into the future: "They have a nucleus that is younger, and I guess more established at the same time [than the 2004 Sox]. The 2004 team within weeks had lost 40 percent of the starting rotation when Derek Lowe and Pedro Martinez left via free agency. There are a couple of decisions -- Lowell, Schilling ... -- but for the most part the core of these guys is going to be back, and I think in general the Red Sox find themselves in more stable shape than they were three years ago."
Third-base plans: "I actually don't think they're going to be significant players in the A-Rod sweepstakes. I thought differently a half-season ago ... when people were talking about it, forecasting that A-Rod may yet land in a Red Sox uniform. I just think that they understand that it would take such a significant chunk of the payroll, even for the Red Sox, to get involved in this. ... They clearly would like to retain Mike Lowell, and I think they will try to do that. But if somebody comes in and blows them out of the water with a four-year, $50 million contract, then I think the Red Sox are going to have to think twice about matching that."
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Kevin Radley | October 29, 2007 12:54 PM link
This team finally has a lights out closer like Goose Gossage in the 70s throw the damn ball 95 miles per hour for strikes and dare them to hit it if they had a kid like that in 86 and 75 it may have been a different outcome.