Comments on: The ‘07 Red Sox http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2006/12/16/the-07-red-sox/ The blog of "Big Fat Whale" cartoonist Brian McFadden Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brian http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2006/12/16/the-07-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Brian Mon, 25 Dec 2006 20:18:56 +0000 http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2006/12/16/the-07-red-sox/#comment-694 I agree with everything you said. The only advantage I can think of is an insane influx of Japanese advertising money. JD Drew is going to get booed. I agree with everything you said. The only advantage I can think of is an insane influx of Japanese advertising money.

JD Drew is going to get booed.

]]> By: Craig http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2006/12/16/the-07-red-sox/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Craig Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:13:36 +0000 http://blog.bigfatwhale.com/2006/12/16/the-07-red-sox/#comment-693 I’ve researched him quite a bit, even watched some video, and really it seems quite crazy. Granted the guy has great(great) stuff, lots of pitches, lots of movement, from lots of angles. From all the baseball I’ve watched over the years I can’t think of another pitcher whose mix of pitches looked as good. But…he didn’t hit spots, in fact he left a lot of breaking balls high. If he does that in Fenway… Looks like he gets ahead in the count with his excellent fastball(which he can rise, sink, fade, or cut), and then throws a lot of crap out of the strike zone hoping batters swing. A good strategy if you can nibble corners, but this guy is plain wild. Although his motion is so consistant(not mechanically, but every pitch out of his fingers looks like a 95MPH fastball) pitch to pitch, batters are frozen quite easily. The Japanese batters looked utterly confused at the plate, but I wouldn’t bet the same from AL hitters. He’s a thrower that has a very violent motion and abbreviates his follow through. Throw that in with the absurd number of innings the Japanese have had him pitch and I’d be willing to bet he’ll need major elbow, or shoulder surgery quite soon. But I guess from a monetary(ugh) point of view, Boston will probably get it’s own Japanese TV contract, merchandise sales and the such. For next year I predict he’ll be similar to Beckett last year. Great at times, bad at times, but mostly serviceable, with lots of walks, strikeouts, and HR’s. But $70 mill for JD Drew? Delusional is the only word. Damon’s looking like the bargain of the decade. You fat-cat Bostoners are making us look quit the spendthrift I’ve researched him quite a bit, even watched some video, and really it seems quite crazy. Granted the guy has great(great) stuff, lots of pitches, lots of movement, from lots of angles. From all the baseball I’ve watched over the years I can’t think of another pitcher whose mix of pitches looked as good. But…he didn’t hit spots, in fact he left a lot of breaking balls high. If he does that in Fenway… Looks like he gets ahead in the count with his excellent fastball(which he can rise, sink, fade, or cut), and then throws a lot of crap out of the strike zone hoping batters swing. A good strategy if you can nibble corners, but this guy is plain wild. Although his motion is so consistant(not mechanically, but every pitch out of his fingers looks like a 95MPH fastball) pitch to pitch, batters are frozen quite easily. The Japanese batters looked utterly confused at the plate, but I wouldn’t bet the same from AL hitters. He’s a thrower that has a very violent motion and abbreviates his follow through. Throw that in with the absurd number of innings the Japanese have had him pitch and I’d be willing to bet he’ll need major elbow, or shoulder surgery quite soon. But I guess from a monetary(ugh) point of view, Boston will probably get it’s own Japanese TV contract, merchandise sales and the such. For next year I predict he’ll be similar to Beckett last year. Great at times, bad at times, but mostly serviceable, with lots of walks, strikeouts, and HR’s.

But $70 mill for JD Drew? Delusional is the only word. Damon’s looking like the bargain of the decade. You fat-cat Bostoners are making us look quit the spendthrift

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