Boone Logan
There's a young lefthander trying for a spot in our bullpen to keep an eye named Boone Logan. This young man was over at the minor league camp and doing well. Meanwhile, the group of free agents and others the Sox had brought in for a bullpen slot were collectively not getting it done. So Ozzie & Kenny said "run this kid over here and let's see what he can do."
He's been throwing nothing but strikes, getting nothing but outs, and how his lockered over there has been cleaned out and moved to the big league clubhouse. The biggest thing for him is the mental side of it. A majority of guys who are 22 or so in A ball are a little scared, but you get a minority like this kid that don't care where they pitch or who's at the plate. They don't want to know who's at the plate. He also does it in a hurry. The other day I saw him against Colorado and it was 5 pitches for 3 outs.
Hawk
Comments
I think that it would be nice if you stopped calling back-door curveballs as strikes. They are pure and simple balls. What you do is allow these clown umpires to take the bats out of the hitters' hands and take the enjoyment from the game. I know that it could never be done, but I think that the players would do a better game umpiring for themselves. It seems that if there is one close play a game, the idiots will blow it 90% of the time. Why is it arrogant pigs like Froemming are allowed to work?
Posted by: Wayne Capinegro | April 1, 2006 11:52 AM