Manuel gave Foulke his endorsement Monday, along with endorsements for Baldwin, Thomas and Magglio Ordonez. Manuel won t lobby Torre and felt a bit uncomfortable trying to give out names of the players he thinks should go to Atlanta. No big deal. It doesn t matter. It s still too early.
Baseball is a game of streaks.
We ve been on this streak for a while, a lot more than most other teams, but we still haven t proven anything yet. Monday s crowd of 43,062 included 9,937 walk-ups. The Sox were picked as having the fourth-best overall draft, after Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. Last year s Sox draft, which included pitchers Jason Stumm and Matt Ginter, was ranked among the top three in baseball by the magazine. Jaime Navarro is not wearing No. 99 for Cleveland, as was reported here on Monday.