Minor Lines 5/01/10: It's Nice Not Caring About the Standings

by Ben Buchanan on May 2, 2010 12:54 PM EDT

Pawtucket L 6-7

Josh Reddick: 1-5, 3B, K
Daniel Nava: 1-3, 2B, 2 BB
Aaron Bates: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K
Lars Anderson: 1-3, BB, K
-Hit #1 in AAA
Jorge Jimenez: 2-5

Kris Johnson: 5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR

Ryan Kalish isn't great after the jump.

Portland W 4-1

Box Score

Ryan Kalish: 1-4, K
Luis Exposito: 2-2, 2B, BB
Yamaico Navarro: 1-3
Che-Hsuan Lin: 0-3, BB

Felix Doubront: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, E

Salem W 5-1

Box Score

In which the Sox beat the crap out of Nick Hagadone

Pete Hissey: 1-4, 2B, BB
Tim Federowicz: 1-3, BB, K
Anthony Rizzo: 0-3, BB, K
Ryan Lavarnway: 1-4, K
Oscar Tejeda: 1-5
Ryan Dent: 2-3, HR, BB
-Good 45-or-so PAs to date.

Brock Huntzinger: 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 2 K
-See if you can spot the problem here...

Greenville L 5-6

Box Score

Derrik Gibson: 1-5, HR, 3 K
Chris McGuiness: 1-4, K
Reymond Fuentes: 1-3, BB
Michael Almanzar: 0-1
Ken Roque: 2-4, 3B, E

Manny Rivera: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
-23 strikeouts, 2 walks, 24 innings.

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cant wait to see the sox call up manny rivera (in a couple of years)

every writer is gonna go for the manny in boston pun/joke

by loeres on May 2, 2010 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

...?

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by alskor on May 2, 2010 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Hooray for Lars. Hopefully I will get to see him play a little for the Sea Dogs this summer.

by upCHUCK on May 2, 2010 1:19 PM EDT reply actions

no hopefully you won't

because he’s in pawtucket now

by wolf9309 on May 2, 2010 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Beltre makes little league error

fields ground ball but does not throw home, with only 1 out.

this is stuff we learned in little league

they look like bums

by Snowball on May 2, 2010 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

that situation, the usual play is go to second for the double play and allow the run

he went to do that and saw he wouldn’t get the double play. Not an ideal result, but that’s the play they’re trained to make.

by wolf9309 on May 2, 2010 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think he gets the runner at home there.

No idea what Remy was talking about. Remy is an idiot. While he was describing the situation incorrectly they freeze framed on Beltre looking home and then trying to tag the runner. When they freeze frame the runner is at least halfway home and the ball has just entered Beltre’s glove. It was far from an easy out at home.

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by alskor on May 2, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

i was listening to EEI at the time

and then saw the replay on nesn. EEI agreed with you and me.

by wolf9309 on May 2, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions

He would've had him by a mile.

Force at home, then throw to first. Throw from short position to home takes way less time to get there than the runner takes to go 45 feet.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on May 2, 2010 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

He still had to dig the ball out of his glove, draw his arm back and fire.

At best I think its a very close play. He wanted to look at 2B, too. Runner at third is off on contact. That one is never really an easy play.

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by alskor on May 3, 2010 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions

Beltre is supposedly the best in the business at the dig and throw bit.

But seriously, there’s no way that’s a close play. Beltre couldn’t make up his mind, froze, and ended up looking like a complete fool. Boneheaded play. There’ve been a couple of those from Beltre, all of them where he takes his time to make a play that needs to be faster. Not that he has trouble digging it out, or throwing, but that he simply sits there and takes his damn time.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on May 3, 2010 2:12 AM EDT up reply actions