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Random baseball thoughts

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  1. Tomo Ohka, he of the Pawtucket Perfect Game (pre-Bronson Arroyo), batted 8th today. While it didn’t work, I always wondered about why that strategy hasn’t been employed as an occasional shake-up tool in the NL - you could always put two speedsters or on-base machines at #9 and #1…

  2. Which is worth more, pitching two innings to preserve a two-run lead, or pitching one inning to preserve a one-run lead? I’m sure I could calculate it, but I’m lazy…

  3. Man, it’s been almost two weeks (a “fortnight”, as us non-Americans say) since I hit my head and my vision’s still blurry. Johnny Damon, I feel your pain.

  4. And I sure am glad the Angels have Mondesi, not the Sox. I feel sorry for his current situation, but he always seemed overrated. Hopefully Trot will be back in time for interleague… I like the idea of Trot hitting the winning homer off Joe Kennedy and reading a “Nixon defeats Kennedy” headline. Actually, if Trot’s back in time for the Rockies game, we could see Kennedy pitching, Johnson catching, and Nixon batting. Now all the Sox need to do is sign Lew Ford…