You Don't Play Baseball on Paper
Alert the presses everyone...The Red Sox starting rotation looks good ON PAPER!
Just as good as the Yankees lineup looked on paper last season?
For those of you who have forgotten, last year's Yankees were the team with the most potent lineup in baseball. Of course, they taught us what we already knew, which is that the only thing that matters is how it measures up on the diamond.
Now, MLB.com asserts that this year, the Red Sox have the kind of rotation that dreams are made of.
Just to clarify, the men they are calling the 'fab five' include two forty year olds (Schilling and Wakefield), a guy with lots of potential who might not be able to cut it in the AL East (Beckett), a guy who has never pitched in a major league game (Matsuzaka) and a guy who excelled as a closer, but who's potential as a starter remains to be see (Papelbon).
I'll be the first one to say that it looks good, but it's early, REALLY early. It could not be earlier. And starting pitchers drop like flies (so do forty year olds for that matter).
The Red Sox may have a potent rotation, but I think this is an example of counting your chickens before they hatch. The season hasn't started, October is a long way from now and lots of things look good on paper and don't pan out.
Just as good as the Yankees lineup looked on paper last season?
For those of you who have forgotten, last year's Yankees were the team with the most potent lineup in baseball. Of course, they taught us what we already knew, which is that the only thing that matters is how it measures up on the diamond.
Now, MLB.com asserts that this year, the Red Sox have the kind of rotation that dreams are made of.
Just to clarify, the men they are calling the 'fab five' include two forty year olds (Schilling and Wakefield), a guy with lots of potential who might not be able to cut it in the AL East (Beckett), a guy who has never pitched in a major league game (Matsuzaka) and a guy who excelled as a closer, but who's potential as a starter remains to be see (Papelbon).
I'll be the first one to say that it looks good, but it's early, REALLY early. It could not be earlier. And starting pitchers drop like flies (so do forty year olds for that matter).
The Red Sox may have a potent rotation, but I think this is an example of counting your chickens before they hatch. The season hasn't started, October is a long way from now and lots of things look good on paper and don't pan out.
