PurdueKid1's Dynasty - Operation Sports

Friday, April 1, 2011

Posted on April 1, 2011 at 03:33 PM.

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What a great day. My Sox come out looking fresh. Offensively they played very well. 10 hits, only manufacturing 2 runs, but good ball all the way around. Defensively they didn't look too great. It still looks like they are shaking off the rust. Youkilis made a bad throw to first that Gonzalez just couldn't scoop and Scutaro did the same. Neither surprises me as Youkilis is a**usting back to third and Scutaro tends to do that often.

Pitching wise I couldn't of asked for a better day from the Starter in Lester or my bullpen. Lester goes 7 strong, and if it wasn't for opening day he could of went 8 possibly the distance. He got into one jam in the 5th but go out of it with a double play and a strike out. Bard was sound, gave a base hit on his first pitch but after that, it was 1 2 3. Papelbon came in in the 9th. A strike out and a ground put him in good position but he decided to throw a 2 strike fastball at Murphy's back. Then an error put 2 on with 2 outs. Papelbon reached deeped and got the ground out he needed.

Overall a great game and good to see my Sox are still undefeated.

Here's the box score.

BOS at TEX - Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Apr 1, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (1-0)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	2
Texas Rangers (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
W: Jon Lester - BOS L: Brandon Webb - TEX S: Jon Papelbon - BOS

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TEX
	4	Scutaro hits single to right, Youkilis scores.	1	0
	6	Scutaro hits double to center, Ortiz scores.	2	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
J Ellsbury	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400
D Pedroia	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
C Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
A Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
K Youkilis	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
D Ortiz	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500
JD Drew	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.500
J Saltalamacchia	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.333
M Scutaro	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	.666
TEAM TOTALS	35	2	10	2	2	10	0

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J Lester	7	5	0	0	3	4	0	0.00
D Bard	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
J Papelbon	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9	6	0	0	3	7	0	0.00

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA

2011 Red Sox Look To Live Up To The Hype

Posted on April 1, 2011 at 03:31 PM.

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Spring Training has come and gone. Players have shown up, fit, athletic and ready to go. Some players had there dreams come true making that 25 man ******, others had it crushed and watched their careers hit a snag. No big surprises with my ****** choices. Kept Reyes instead of Okajima but if i know myself, that wont last for too long.

I made one big move by trading Dice K for a SP prospect from the Mets named Matt Harvey. He had a good spring and I like that he could be a trade piece or maybe a part of the future for this Red Sox organization. F Doubront slid into the 5th starter role for now. He showed good stuff in spring but he's on a short leash.

Our depth chart looks like this.

Boston Red Sox Depth Chart - 2011

***cher
J Saltalamacchia
J Varitek

First Base
A Gonzalez
D Ortiz

Second Base
D Pedroia

Third Base
K Youkilis

Shortstop
M Scutaro
J Lowrie

Left Field
C Crawford

Center Field
J Ellsbury
M Cameron

Right Field
JD Drew
D McDonald

Starting Pitcher
J Lester
J Lackey
C Buchholz
J Beckett
F Doubront

Relief Pitcher
T Wakefield
D Wheeler
D Reyes
M Albers
B Jenks
D Bard

Closer
J Papelbon

Designated Hitter
D Ortiz

Decided to go with Scutaro over Lowrie to start the year. Scutaro has the reputation but it's his position to lose. If I Lowrie is a better fit I am not going to hesitate to make the switch. That goes for Ortiz and JD Drew too. I think I'll be having JD playing against righty's and Cameron in there vs Lefty's. I like what they both bring to the table.

Welp it's time for Opening day. Let's go Sox. Mission World Series Champ is in session.