Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Eleven straight wins at home
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Coco Crisp and Craig Hansen rising to the occasion, David Ortiz's rehabilitation plan, and why the Sox will never, ever sign Barry Bonds.
Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:
On Hansen: "Not only are [the Red Sox] looking for someone to work the seventh, but given the unpredictability and poor work by Okajima of late, the eighth inning is sort of up for grabs, too, and last night Hansen seized that, coming in and getting three guys right in a row with two on and the potential tying run at the plate with no outs. Certainly a big confidence booster for him, you would think, and also one that would provide more confidence by the Red Sox in him."
Why not go for Bonds? "I'd say that that has no chance of happening. There are all sorts of issues associated with that. The guy hasn't hit since last September, and his physical condition and shape would probably be about sevennth on the list. First would be the fact that he's got all sorts of perjury indictments hanging over his head. Second is his association with performance-enhancing drugs that I don't think the Red Sox would want to associate themselves with. Thirdly is his reputation for being a pretty distant and egotistical personality that could disrupt things in the clubhouse. Fourth would be ownership's connection with commissioner Bud Selig, who I would bet would not look kindly upon some team giving Bonds an opportunity to get back into the game, given all the mud that he's brought to the game in the last couple of years. We could go on and on."
