It’s better to be lucky than to be good, as Derek Lowe showed today. Okay, I know, balls lost in the sun, balls dropping in badly, thumb giving him issues, that sort of thing, but still to give up 9 hits and 2 walks and come out with the win - lucky, lucky, lucky. So Lowe gets an 8-9 record even with a 5.75 ERA, and poor 12-K Bronson Arroyo languishes at 3-7 with a sub-4 ERA. But then Lowe was lucky in 2003 too. If a pitcher gets lots of run support consistently throughout his career, even when the other pitchers on his team don’t seem to, does that mean anything?
Random question: is it wrong to find it funny just to hear that Mike Myers is the pitcher? Party time! Excellent!
Oh, and Foulke’s 3 Ks in a row after the first two batters reached base? Gut-wrenching, stomach-churning, and finally exhilarating. Reminded me of Lowe in Oakland. The Sox always dance on the line of breaking your heart. What’s the meds situation around baseball season in Boston? Lithium stocks run low?