World Series wrap and David Ortiz

Congratulations to the SF Giants for doing something not many thought they could at the beginning of the year. They put together a team that got it done when it counted. They were definitely not the most talented, but timely hits to go along with good pitching can get it done in the playoffs. This was definitely the year of the pitcher.................and better testing. Tim Lincecum was as dominant as I have ever seen him in game 6. Cliff Lee showed (yet again) what happens to guys with stuff similar to his: When they are not on.. they get hit hard.

Rant of the day:

For the love of god, will somebody please pleas PLEASE! tell the Fox analysists to get this right: Tim Lincecum throws a split finger fastball.... not a changeup. His fingers may be marginally positioned diffferently than a straight splitter, but it still is a splitter.  A two seam fastball and a circle change are not the same thing, even though they have the same type of action, and neither is a splitter and a straight change. The most amazing part is that they show slow motion close-ups of Lincecum throwing the pitch with a splitter grip, and they still go on and on about how it's the best change in the game. You have a whole offseason to figure this out, hopefully they get it right between now and spring training!!!

David Ortiz is having his option picked up by the Boston Red Sox, and what is largely becoming the most obvious example of terrible MLB-level talent scouting. Yesterday the guys on the big show at WEEI were laughing about how bad JP Riccardi was while he was in Toronto. While that may be true, he is no way worse than Theo Epstein. Difference being is that Theo can cover up his mistakes and get away with them. Riccardi's decisions were mostly "bad" because the players refused to play to their ability. Theo, however, has been compacting bad decision after bad decision by signing players who have already hit their peak value.

I plan on going into more depth about this subject in my next post. But my general opinion is that he is not helping the team, but merely doing a good enough job to not get fired... for now. By the way Red Sox fans, your farm system isn't even close to what most of you think it is.