Sox Add Another Win

Today the Sox won 6-3 versus the Minnesota Twins. john Lackey pitched and since he new to our (Sox) pitching rotation that is pretty good. He pitched well in this game. As Terry Francona(manager of the Sox) put it "He's down in the zone. I thought he threw enough breaking balls in hitters' counts to keep them off his fastball. He did a terrific job today."(from NESN.com http://www.nesn.com/2010/04/john-lackeys-early-success-continues-with-first-Boston-win.html) I think that john will do fine for the pitching rotation.

Jim Rice a baseball hall of famer who was on the Sox played in left field from 1974-1989 and then a pitching coach after wards then retired but is on air for NESN.(http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/players/rice.html) His comments about the pitching from Jon Lester,Josh Beckett and Lackey was that "All these guys have a chance to win 20 games," Rice noted. "[But] you got to give the pitchers a cushion where they can go out and relax."(offense needs to help) The bat awaken needs to be there to provide a cushion for the pitchers to come in an win games.(http://www.nesn.com/2010/04/off-to-good-start-john-lackey-must-earn-respect-in-boston.html) What does the offense need to do to "wake up" and hit the ball again? i am not quite sure; some-days they hit good others not so much, Maybe the players think to much about playing well that they don't play well when it is game day.

Until next Time Sox Fans!

~ Holly