It is a question circa August 2008: Is the Red Sox lineup deep enough without Manny Ramirez occupying the cleanup spot?
Dustin Pedroia, for one, does not see that question as relevant. Manny is being Manny in a whole different time zone.
"He's not on our team anymore," Pedroia said. "We turned the page on him a long time ago."
The man who stepped into left field in place of Ramirez, Jason Bay, sees the Red Sox lineup as a deep one. A lineup featuring hitters that would be the focus of some lineups, but are slotted in the lower third of the order for Boston.
"If you look, we're going to be having someone who's going to be hitting seventh that would probably hit third or fourth for 80 percent of the other ballclubs in Major League Baseball," Bay said. "We're deep. Whether it's one through nine, right through that lineup."
Dustin Pedroia, for one, does not see that question as relevant. Manny is being Manny in a whole different time zone.
"He's not on our team anymore," Pedroia said. "We turned the page on him a long time ago."
The man who stepped into left field in place of Ramirez, Jason Bay, sees the Red Sox lineup as a deep one. A lineup featuring hitters that would be the focus of some lineups, but are slotted in the lower third of the order for Boston.
"If you look, we're going to be having someone who's going to be hitting seventh that would probably hit third or fourth for 80 percent of the other ballclubs in Major League Baseball," Bay said. "We're deep. Whether it's one through nine, right through that lineup."
Source: necn.com
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