Posted By Lynn Worthy, Sun Staff
Rise and shine.
Get ready David Pauley, it’s going to be a big day. You make your first Major League start.
Today, you erase the line in your profile reading “no major league experience.‿ There’s no telling what you’re going to replace it with, but one way or another it will be filled.
You can be sure, win or lose, you will be the topic of discussion across Red Sox Nation. Not that one performance defines a career.
David Pauley Games Started (Portland): 10 Record: 2-3 Innings: 60.1 Hits: 54 Runs: 20 Opponent: Toronto Blue Jays Record: 29-22 Batting Average: .300 Runs: 287 Home Runs: 75 |
Roger Clemens’ first pitching line included 11 hits, five runs, and just four strikeouts. Curt Schilling hit a batter, walked five, and gave up six hits, but he allowed only three runs. Neither got the win in their debuts.
On the other hand, Tim Wakefield fluttered his knuckleball for nine innings, yielding two runs, neither earned, and recording 10 strikeouts. If you can pull that off against the Blue Jays in your first start, the names Alvarez, DiNardo, Delcarmen, Hansen, and Lester will take a backseat.
Toronto comes in with a the best team batting average in the majors, the second-most homers, and they’ve produced the fourth-highest run total so far this season. You may have seen their lineup launch four homers and score seven runs in 4.2 innings against Josh Beckett last night.
In other words, you’re not in Portland anymore kid. This time tomorrow you’re debut will be filling up newspaper space and talk radio airwaves.
So rise and shine today because there’s a good chance you’ll want to sleep in extra long tomorrow.
How do you feel about the pitching situation and sending David Pauley to the mound?
Comments (1)
Well, we got this kid in the Dave Roberts deal...Let's see if Dave has STOLEN one again for us.
Posted by RobzRantz | May 31, 2006 1:04 PM
Posted on May 31, 2006 13:04