Spring Training 2002

Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Boston @ Montreal

Expos 6 Red Sox 5
Record 5-8

 
 

BOSTON (5) AT MONTREAL (6)

 BOSTON           AB  R  H BI  MONTREAL         AB  R  H BI
 J Offerman 2b     5  2  2  3  R Calloway cf     4  0  0  0 
 J De La Rosa p    0  0  0  0  T D La Rosa ss    4  0  0  0 
 C Baerga 3b       2  1  1  0  B Phillips ss     3  1  1  0 
 J Lofton ss       2  0  0  0  S Strickland p    0  0  0  0 
 B Daubach 1b      4  0  0  0  J Canseco lf      2  2  2  1 
 T Clark 1b        2  0  1  1  M Cepicky lf      1  0  0  0 
 E Clemente lf     1  0  0  0  F Jose rf         3  1  2  2 
 M Coleman rf      4  0  1  0  V Pascucci rf     1  0  1  0 
 D Buford cf       4  0  0  0  J Vitiello 1b     4  0  1  0 
 D Mirabelli c     3  1  2  1  C Truby 3b        3  2  1  2 
 S Lomasney c      1  0  0  0  M Barrett c       3  0  1  1 
 L Merloni c       3  1  2  0  D Cubillan p      0  0  0  0 
 C Fossum p        0  0  0  0  H Mateo 2b        0  0  0  0 
 D Stenson ph      0  0  0  0  J Vazquez p       1  0  0  0 
 B Nelson 2b       0  0  0  0  E Vosberg p       1  0  0  0 
 D Hermanson p     0  0  0  0  G Lloyd p         0  0  0  0 
 D Hasselhoff p    0  0  0  0  T Rumfield c      1  0  0  0 
 U Urbina p        0  0  0  0  
 W Veras 3b        2  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           33  5  9  5  TOTALS           31  6  9  6

 BOSTON                    030 010 100--  5
 MONTREAL                  200 301 00x--  6

 E--B Phillips. DP--BOSTON 1. LOB--BOSTON 8, 
 MONTREAL 3. 2B--L Merloni, C Baerga, J Canseco, M 
 Barrett, F Jose. HR--J Offerman (3) (off D 
 Cubillan, J Vazquez), D Mirabelli (2) (off J 
 Vazquez), J Canseco (1) (off D Hermanson), C Truby
 (2) (off C Fossum). SB--C Baerga (1), M Cepicky 
 (1). CS--B Phillips. S--D Hermanson. SF--T Clark.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  BOSTON
 D Hermanson (L,0-2)            3 1-3   7   5   5   1   2   1
 D Hasselhoff                     2-3   0   0   0   0   1   0
 U Urbina                           1   0   0   0   1   1   0
 C Fossum                           2   1   1   1   0   2   1
 J De La Rosa                       1   1   0   0   0   0   0
  MONTREAL
 J Vazquez                          3   4   3   3   2   5   2
 E Vosberg (W,1-0)                  2   2   1   1   0   3   0
 G Lloyd                            1   1   0   0   0   0   0
 D Cubillan                     1 1-3   2   1   1   2   3   1
 S Strickland (S,1)             1 2-3   0   0   0   0   2   0

 WP--D Cubillan. T--2:46. A--6,244.

Offy May Be On His Way Out
3/14/02

  • He will be if he doesn't have a good spring anyway (and for him so far so good). Though Henry didn't point anyone out in particular (projo article above), it's pretty easy to figure out who he was talking about when he said that if need be, they'd be willing to eat a contract or two, if it meant winning more ball games. It's pretty obvious he was talking about Jose Offerman, I can't think of anyone else on the current team that has a ridiculous contract and isn't pulling their weight.

    So far this spring Offerman has been playing well, looks like he may have got a bit of a wake up call when the Sox borught in so many second basemen to audition for the spot. Under the Harrington/Duke regime, Offy would be safe as the team refused to 'eat' a contract regardless of how little said player was doing for the team. But with what reporters gathered from Henry, that brand of idiocy is finally out the window.

    Regardless if Offy has a good spring at the plate, he'll never be a good fielder, his lack of talent in the field and his unwillingness to even try to get better in the end is going to be his demise (if it hasn't come already). With this new news, i'll be very surprised to see Jose's name on the 23 man roster that heads to Fenway for the first game of the season.



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