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Wed, 26 Aug 2009

Terry Francona joins Dave O'Brien on tonight's Manager's Show.

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" Welcome to Fenway Park and welcome to the Herb Chambers many pre game show my name is John Rich. The Red Sox and White Sox are getting set for game number two of their four game series Boston -- Monday's opener twelve to eight. And the Red Sox now lead the Rangers by one and a half in the raised by three games in the wild card standings. Jon Lester takes the ball opposite Freddy Garcia this evening. Now let's get the latest from the manager Terry Francona is brought to you by -- OT Terry Francona is Greinke of choice here's Dave O'Brien spoke."

" John thank you very much game to come up in Tito. The bats continue to boom last night one of those circumstances I guess the club -- in that offensive group he almost expect the Red Sox to score ten runs every night. Wang goes in cycles we all know that you know you try not to panic when they're -- scored and in trying to to go overboard when you are because you're probably somewhere in the middle. But it is nice to have that feeling when you Glock there that if the other team scores your nice -- a lot of bounced right now we have some hitters of the pretty good about themselves so that is a good feeling. The way the inning unfolded we're all really came apart for contreras it's amazing how baseball works a little trick -- up the first base line and the whole thing flipped on its a year -- can you look back of that inning. David Ortiz went three opener to -- of 25 feet. And contreras can make the play and all hell broke loose from from their side of it and they couldn't stop the bleeding and it's amazing the scheme works sometimes you gotta -- you gotta be fortunate many would be good enough to take advantage of good fortune. In Red Sox did and Michael amateur Mike can hit a ball much harder than that home run yet he would as nicely and again when you when you do things were two outs. To extend innings and score runs. I really hurts the other team when we talk of all time. You know when you're able to get teams out. With two outs or make a pitch or when they score -- two ought to just it just seems to her little bit more than normal process. What's in them mentality Tito where a huge number of runs for the Red Sox particularly lately have been scored with two out I don't think it's a mentality I think they go in cycles mean if if we knew exactly what I was we do it more often and every team would. This these things going cycles. Teams go through rots for whatever reason what you're trying too hard when teams -- making pitches. It's just you know again we could bottle and -- solid but it just that's just the way the game is. Clay Buchholz little bit of it is different story for clay after being matchup against aces in pitching very well three straight times. Last night what went wrong with -- buckles I thought at times he threw his fastball very well. -- to right he's with some with some commitment some conviction. I also thought it was inconsistent he left some pitches up. He left his changeup and breaking ball up a little bit. You know two with a pitches accounted for five runs now I know there's a lot to goes emboldened after asked -- base runners. But the last ball to Comerica we didn't get it where -- that was a three run homer to completely screwed up his line for the whole day. Well the other odd thing about clay and and you've been dealing with this is the throws to first base with a runner on first who isn't a base stealer and you guys have talked to him but. Can you talk about exactly what's going on there with him is something that is actually improving. When he first came in the major leagues. I think we all noticed it more. And he's got really quick feet for the base runners now in that instance the -- was leaving off first as you're alluding to and he looks over there and unfortunately those high. That's a reaction on his part -- it's kind of saying is it as he's coming up for whatever pitch he's not ready to throw it. And his thoughts are going elsewhere. So a sort something has been talked about a lot and will continue to be. Because -- we want his focus to be on the pitch and when he does that reaction you can tell he's a little bit divided up. All through your managerial career. Have you dealt with that specific instance of a pitcher who will throw over there -- guys kill time to try get their thoughts to get what they want to -- next but if you seen this before all we all the time and there's actually a lot of -- old doing they'll come up. And LB. In between pitches or they don't have the grip. And they throw the ball forget that small way more often people for no. A Billy Wagner has decided -- he's coming -- the Boston Red Sox to be a member of the bullpen when will Billy the Kid get here. Billy's going to take a couple days to get things in order with some big decision for him. And you'll be here Thursday. So what that means tomorrow's reactivate week. And we need to have a rock corresponding roster move and the next day Billy Wagner will be here and we have another course on the move. You know body use them you have a closer he wants to be closer for the rest of his career is he content to be is set up man trying to. -- he's content. What it would needs to happen this this September."

" Is we need to be very aware that these fourteen months removed from Tommy John he has not back to being a 100% almost -- really good. You can't use this guy and beat him up in order we intend to. Will be very careful how we use him. When we give him up if we get him out of we don't get many game we rule check with him every day we will not be using him back to back days but like -- told him I said. Part of view if if we use you every other day every third day that's better than not using you. Because he still he gets up they're pretty good and we -- right he can be a huge addition to our staff so he's still throw on hard he's in and then mid nineties range O yeah his. There's a lot of life on the ball. Again he's got two Major League innings I think five minor league innings. So he's not ready to be. Hand him the ball give a -- just leave him out there he does know how -- he wants to do that so again as weak as I get to know him and John Farrell and we will do that right away. But we will use him in situations. Where he can excel. And we can keep benign and because again we need to -- that."

" Tito thanks good looking game two with the White Sox tonight. And Terry Francona let's toss it back to Jon -- thank you David. Terry Francona is brought to you by Bigelow team Terry Francona -- green team of choice and by -- TNT. The nation's fastest three G network is also the fastest in New England. Hey TNT. Your world deliver. Also be sure to visit us online you can do that at Sox -- dot com. Stay tuned we'll get to set the rest of the night around the major -- Joe will talk with Dave -- in on the inside pitch. Coming up next WEEI dot com's Alex spear on the clubhouse insider this is their Herb Chambers many pregame show. On the WRKO Red Sox radio network."

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