Back On The Beam
- Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:26 PM
- Written By: Red Sox Diaries
I knew it, you knew it, we all knew it: the Red Sox would be OK. After spending the first two weeks in the AL East cellar, a four-game homestand against the armless Baltimore Orioles is all that the Sox needed to bust out of their slump, if you can even call it that.
A clean sweep has their record where it should be, has their confidence where it should be and has our worries where they should be. For the most part.
A couple of things still scare me. David Ortiz is battling something, whether its old age or an injury has yet to be determined. We will continue to monitor his progress. Also Dice-K’s arm fatigue could become more of an issue if he is unable to remain in the rotation and eat up at least as many innings as he did last season. Although he only recorded 174 innings in 2008, he led the AL in walks, a pattern that forced his pitch count way up. We could be seeing the effects of that this season. --- Nick Barone.
