The Bobby V era is even better than I dared dream

Why would the townies turn baseball’s preeminent reliever into a starter?

I think the thing Rivera gave this team was the pretty stress free save. Robertson is a bit of a high wire act, but damn do I love his results. I really like this bullpen, and I have to say, Swisher is a hell of a player. I love having him on this team. Two stellar throws in critically important spots in this game. Is there a WPA calculation for defensive plays? Because Swish might have had two of the biggest tonight.

The Red Sox house is NOT clean!

In Middlesbrooks townies have best ml rookie since Nava.  They should be a dynasty for years to come.

Banuelos second strong outing since dl stint.

Naked Phil Hughes pictures are NOT clean?

Here’s what I need to know.  If the Twins finish up worse that the 1899 Spiders, will Pin change his avatar?

The Bobby V era is even better than I dared dream

yoink

[8] I’m not so fickle as al…wait, I am that fickle. But I haven’t owned a denim jacket since, well, here’s a list of things that didn’t exist yet at the time.

1) The space shuttle
2) Cheeze in a spray can (hard to believe this hasn’t always been around)
3) Warning labels on smokes
4) Cable TV
5) Metric numbers on US made speedometers
6) Yuppies

I love Kay’s rhetoric. Robertson entered the “crucible” tonight. Hilarious.

[11] Maybe he was just reading Arthur Miller in the ‘pen prior to coming into the game?

I really want the Red Sox to admit the sellout streak is over. What bollocks.

also, I wish I lived in Boston now instead of a few years ago so I could actually attend some cheap games.

Oh, and as for Bard, he is one of their better starters right now, and I’d say the move is looking like a success.

Ibanez wOBA is at .356 with a BABIP of .234.

Montero’s wOBA is at .306 with a BABIP of .306.

[15] 2012 BBs

Montero: 3
Cano: 10

Ixnay on Onteromay until we finish playing Eattlesay.

I know we’re on Girardi for a lot of things, but it occurs to me - I think it’s really Nova he’s leaving in longer than we want.
I’m not sure we see the same trend with all the starters.
Is it possible that it’s part of doing what Torre couldn’t do - developing a starter?  Having him figure out what to do later in the game.
Kind of the way he (Nova) did figure it out yesterday?

Is it possible that it’s part of doing what Torre couldn’t do - developing a starter?  Having him figure out what to do later in the game.

Probably, although I have to imagine after the last game where he didn’t figure it out Girardi would have gone to Soriano in the 7th if he had his nominal ninth inning guy.

And to be fair to Torre, he developed Wang (and to a lesser extent Ted Lilly) and the farm really didn’t give him much else in the way of starting pitching prospects to develop, did they?

“I didn’t want to blow my first opportunity or Mo might come in here and smack me around,” Robertson said.

The mental picture I am getting from this is quite valuable.

The mental picture I am getting from this is quite valuable.

There ya go.

Is there a WPA calculation for defensive plays?

Yes.  I’m not sure if this is specifically displayed anywhere (in this case, a hold).  But you could calculate the WE of the two states (run scores no one on 3rd vs. runner on 3rd) and figure out how much Swisher saved.