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Date: Tuesday April 2, 2002
Subject: Open and Shut
I hope you got your fingers off the sill because
that resounding crash you heard today was the window of opportunity crashing
shut.
If you want to know what the rest of Pedro Martinez's career is going to look like, just find Ron Guidry's entry in the Baseball Encyclopedia and read his stats post-1985. It ain't pretty. Ragin' Cajun was Louisiana Lettuce once his arm troubles began. Five-foot-11, 170-pound flamethrowers just don't have the frames to hold up to the violent convulsions it takes for them to get the ball up there at 96. We've all known it was coming. Eventually. But we didn't know it would happen so suddenly, so completely.
Oh, and by the way, I'm sure the fans who watched Pedro get shelled today weren't reminiscing about those gutty 54 pitches Petey threw in Yankee Stadium late last summer when it was obvious he wasn't right and equally obvious we had no shot. (There are those of us who will never forget your inimitable style, Duke.)
Adding Manny Ramirez in 2001 opened the window a little wider. Adding Johnny Damon this year opened it wider still. But all formulas for passing through le fenetre d'opportunite included Pedro winning at least two games in each playoff series. It's now clear that that will never happen. Boo.
And Carl Everett just hit a home run. Oh, Christ, it could be a long year.
So the Sox hit four home runs and scored 11 runs in their Opening Day loss, an unprecedented first-game performance. Besides the fact that Pedro will never hit high 90s on the gun again, what else did we learn today?
Surprise! Darren Oliver is awful. As advertised, he can't get anyone out.
Ugueth Urbina is properly ranked in the low third of closers in the Majors.
The Red Sox have an 11.00 ERA since Joe Kerrigan was shown the door.
The Sox will score a lot of runs.
They will not play a meaningful game in September or October.
As for Day One of Henchy's Recovery, he threw neither chairs nor tantrums today.
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