Terry Francona and Theo Epstein have been acting like Interleague is brand new this year. With all the bitching about how they can't get Ortiz' bat in the lineup, it is hard to believe the concept is almost 15 years old. What is also hard to believe is how Mike Cameron has found his way into 33 games this year. Who knew at almost 40 years old, no matter how good a shape you are in, you decline drastically. Especially if you were nothing special before. It was probably better to give him 105 at bats to produce only 14 hits for staggering .149/.212/.266 clip. Guy was hot like fire, so it's completely understandable. No kid half his age producing twice as much like Josh Reddick, whose collected just as many hits in only 38 plate appearances for a .438/.474/.688 clip, is ganna get in the way of that kind of production. Cameron is a vet no matter how much he has forgotten to play the game, we need him out there.
I love me some tito. Think he is a top five, maybe even top three manager but some of his lineup moves this year have been horrible. Reddick may not be the rightfielder of the future (I think that goes to Ryan Kalish) but he is more than capable of being a top level fourth outfielder. Why keep throwing up lineups with players who already stopped caring like JD Drew, a fifth outfielder in Darnell McDonald, an over the hill catcher in Varitek, and a guy who shouldn't have even been on a Major League roster in Cameron. It's idiotic. It's not the cure all for why the Sox suck in Interleague but give the kid a shot. He's producing and usually that's what helps teams win, not sticking by aging Vets because you like them.
- Also paying a 37 year old Cam Cam $15.5 million over two years has to be just below Theo's boner for Julio Lugo. Some people man.
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