8/4 ML Gameday Thread: Ranaudo's PawSox debut

Happy Luis Diaz Day!

It's on NESN if you're in the area.

Shaky first, but Ranaudo has been cruising ever since.

Nice to see Peavy, Ranaudo, and Owens all have such successful debuts this weekend.

How did Xander do?

I need Buttrey to complete the trifecta of promotions. With Owens,Ranaudo being the other 2. I personally believe Kukuk has progressed nicely from the beginning of the year. What a year.

I think my five disappointments were WMB,Perkins, Barnes, Brentz, and actually shortstops in the system.

I know Barnes has comeback lately. But this is how I feel. I know I am probably leaving out someone worse.

Nice of NESN to provide the Buffalo feed for the game and Renaudo's AAA debut. He was impresssive. Always around the plate and mixing up a good change with his FB.

Just wonderin', though; why is Bob Stanley the pitching coach for Buffalo and not in our organization?

This is what I found on the first use:

"Stanley’s first season with the Red Sox established the pattern for his big league career when he started 13 games and relieved in 28. The Kansas City Star crowned him the league’s MVP — Most Versatile Pitcher. Phil Elderkin of the Christian Science Monitor wrote, "The 1977 model of the Stanley Steamer stands 6’4" weighs 205 and has a right arm that can throw a baseball up to speeds of 100 miles per hour." The next year Stanley really blossomed."

www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Maines-Steamer-Stanley-earned-fame-infamy-with-the-Red-Sox/12160/

Not sure if that is the first use but it sums up the start of his dominance.

or this:

top100redsox.blogspot.com/2007/03/100-greatest-red-sox-38-bob-stanley.html

Stanley Steamer is a carpet cleaning company. His name is Stanley. Hence, Steamer.

The Stanley Steamer was a car company actually. They were around with their steam engine from 1902 - 24 or there abouts.

I said this before when you pined for Buttrey's promotion a couple weeks ago. It ain't happening. While he's pitched ok - at the results have been ok, have you looked at his K rate? He can't get any strikeouts in short season ball. Has to make one wary. Yeah, he'll be in Lowell all season, so make your plans go to the park and see him pitch!

He's still intriguing and you should be able to catch him in Greenville next year.

Actually I just found out from Bob out of this interview:

RSN: How did you get your nickname, “Steamer”?

BS: I guess it came from the steam engine, you know, Stanley Steamer. I steamed them down once in awhile.


www.redsoxnation.net/index.php?showtopic=16569

Of course, the Stanley Steamer ... obvious, should've thought of it immediately. A friend of mine loved those cars, used to go to car shows just to see working models.

Thanks!