it will be the pete,rich,rod and derek show....yikes....lolol....but then again...
rivera threw 34 pitches sunday...
stanton needs a day off also....
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just some other stuff....
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SCOUTING REPORT
At the ripe age of 38, Cone is no secret to many scouts or batters in the game. After two starts this season, however, Cone has shown that there may yet be new life in an old arm.
The Red Sox can only hope that he lasts until September and preferably through October. Cone can throw nearly every breaking pitch outside of a knuckleball, and he has shown early that movement is not an issue with him, only control of it.
The break on his slider has been impressive, and he has also thrown a split-fingered fastball that is dropping and swerving to the point where batters have been getting hit.
In his first start, Cone walked four in three-plus innings, while throwing 76 pitches, much too high for his own good. In his second start against the Yankees, he threw 85 pitches and walked none in five full innings in which his emotions ran high as he returned to his scenes of greatest glory. Of the 23 ex-teammates he faced, just one saw three balls.
In that first start against the much less patient Twins lineup, nine of 16 batters saw three balls. Cone is determined to leave the game on a positive note after an awful 2000 season (4-14, 6.91). Once he gets past his third start, also against the Yankees, Cone is looking forward to settling down and returning to at least 1999 form. Given his early results, he should not be counted out.
