Comments on: So it was so http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/2008/04/16/so-it-was-so/ RON LEDGARD, the Beacon Journal deputy sports editor, ON SPORTS ... AND OTHER STUFF Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:58:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: alan t. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/2008/04/16/so-it-was-so/#comment-8184 alan t. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/?p=243#comment-8184 Maybe they can get that gay Japanese guy back from Japan to pitch in tight spots. So to speak. Maybe they can get that gay Japanese guy back from Japan to pitch in tight spots. So to speak.

]]> By: Jace http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/2008/04/16/so-it-was-so/#comment-8180 Jace Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:51:36 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/ledger/?p=243#comment-8180 Masa Kobyashi's name isn't even in the mix as a late-inning possibility? Exactly what did we bring this guy here for? Long relief? He saved over 200 games in Japan, and is probably 200% better than JoBlow right now. You see what a basic "rookie" does for you in the 9th with Jensen Lewis last night. And Betancourt is 12 for 29 in save situations...anyone recall those tape-measure HRs he's prone to surrender at crunchtime? But all of this means nothing if the offense continues its standard routine. How punchless can one lineup be? Masa Kobyashi's name isn't even in the mix as a late-inning possibility? Exactly what did we bring this guy here for? Long relief? He saved over 200 games in Japan, and is probably 200% better than JoBlow right now. You see what a basic "rookie" does for you in the 9th with Jensen Lewis last night. And Betancourt is 12 for 29 in save situations…anyone recall those tape-measure HRs he's prone to surrender at crunchtime?

But all of this means nothing if the offense continues its standard routine. How punchless can one lineup be?

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