Full Count
A Furiously Updated Red Sox Blog
WEEI.com Blog Network
Adrian Gonzalez: More likely to be hurt at first base than in outfield 06.27.11 at 8:01 am ET
By

Adrian Gonzalez

PITTSBURGH — Prior to Saturday night’s game at PNC Park, Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez downplayed the risk he might face if switching from first base to left field, suggestion such concerns shouldn’t be the impetus for not making the change.

“If I happen to do it everybody knows I’m not going to be great at it but I’ll make the routine play and I don’t see any fear of getting hurt for any reason,” Gonzalez said. “Guys make errors in the outfield the same way they make errors in the infield.

“I can get hurt the same at first than I can get hurt in the outfield. I actually think I can get hurt more at first base because I’m not thinking about it, where in the outfield I would be cautious. I think there’s a greater chance of me getting hurt at first base, but then again you never play the game thinking about getting hurt. If you get hurt, you get hurt. It just happens.”

Red Sox manager Terry Francona reiterated Saturday that he was struggling with the decision regarding possibly playing Gonzalez in right field in order to get David Ortiz playing time at first base. The manager cited the risk of injury as one of the chief concerns when contemplating the idea of playing his No. 3 hitter in the outfield.

“I’m just hung up. I’m struggling with it, and I don’t want to do something I’m struggling with,” Francona said. “If we put Gonzie out there and he got hurt, I’m just not ready to do it. Maybe three, four games into this road trip, maybe I will. We’ll see.”

Gonzalez, who is perplexed by all the attention the potential move has garnered, downplayed how difficult the switch might be.

“You have guys who play multiple positions and they move around all the time. Nobody seems to care about that,” he said. “Even moving around the infield, guys that move around from short to second there’s different ways of moving your feet that is a lot harder than going from first to the outfield.”

Print  |  Email  |  Bark It Up!  |  Digg It
  • CelticsPatSox

    Lets listen to Gonzo here, he is after all the professional and he thinks he should play it then why not give it a shot. With Ortiz out of the lineup our number five hitters have been train wrecks. It has bee painful to watch our 1-4 hitters consistently get on base throughout this last seres and then watch drew or d-mac do nothing with it. We need Ortizs bat in the lineup in the Philly series if we expect to win it.

  • http://www.qdflkqsfjmdflj.com Bobbie Laurita

    I’m not able to view this web site correctly on opera I feel there is a problem

  • http://www.mrjja.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64818&p=117375#p117375 mbt

    Once I originally commented I clicked the -Notify me when new feedback are added- checkbox and now every time a comment is added I get 4 emails with the identical comment. Is there any way you can take away me from that service? Thanks!

  • http://disabledonlinedating.viviti.com/ disabled dating

    I’m not capable of view this website properly on saffari I feel there’s a problem

  • http://www.edutagger.com/user.php?login=allaguliaka&view=voted kiev escort

    Fantastic read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on that. And he basically decided to buy me lunch because I identified it for him .So let me rephrase that: With thanks for lunch! Regards,

  • http://weathervanestyle.weebly.com/ weathervane

    Hello! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading through this post reminds me of my good old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!

  • http://carlclarke37.edublogs.org/2011/07/15/how-to-send-flowers-by-mail/ Send flowers to India

    Nice post. I discover something significantly harder on different blogs everyday. It will always be stimulating to read content using their company writers and practice a little something from their web site. I’d opt to use some with the content material on my own blog whether or not you don’t mind. Natually I’ll offer you a link on your web weblog. Thank you for sharing.

  • http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/best-sites-for-downloading-music download music to mobile

    I can see that you are an expert in this area. I am starting a website soon, and your information will be very useful for me.. Thanks for all your help and wishing you all the success in your business.

  • Shane

    Caron is the best choice. Won’t generate much offense but won’t be a liability on defense and kills penalties. Move Paille up to third line and put Pevs at center on the fourth.

  • glenn88

    Caron??? DJ must be his cousin. Caron killed penalties for Providence, so they have better options to replace Camp on the PK that are already in the line up. They are deep in the line up for PK players. Soderberg was already skating with the 2nd line this week when Jagr missed practice. Carl is a true center, big, plays two ways, takes face offs and played on the PP unit. He is by far the most talented forward watching from the balcony. Peter and CJ were just waiting for a reason to play him.

  • pesky

    Soderbeg,he plays center so there’s no too much changes in bruins line,,,

  • Michael

    They should put Matt Bartkowski in, and move Krug up on a forward line

    • Schwank

      No

    • tired of dumb fans

      You can always count on one dumb comment on every post, you win the award today.

  • Mike in Stoneham

    thank you for posting this…I have been looking and listening for someone to give some analysis on how the Bruins can replace the significant Contributions Campbell has made going forward….No repeat of Phili when Kreji went down!

  • Brendan

    Jordan Caron is a stiff. At least the Dog Man brings speed.

    Caron is the least attractive option.

  • Anonymous

    Seems an easy choice to me. Any player who doesn’t make mistakes, can kill penalties and play the defensive-forward style is the one player that fills the void. Jordan Caron is that player.

  • Anonymous

    Caron, Kaspars and Soderburg cannot replace what Campbell brings in any way shape or form. Chris Kelly needs to step his game up, because when he is playing well he brings a lot of the same attributes to the table that Campbell does, solid PK player, solid in the face-offs, good overall awareness and occasional toughness though not the same as Campbell. Kelly should see an increase in ice time to fill in the gaps on the PK.

    Peverly will have to replace Campbell literally on that Merlot line because they need a center. The merlot line will most likely have Thornton, Peverley and the extra guy they add, meaning the merlot line won’t get much ice time.

    Paille being paired with Seguin could be a matchup nightmare for teams because of their combined speed. Though someone might want to put in a missing person report for Seguin because I haven’t seen him on the ice doing anything of value in about a month.

    Soderburg was a huge disappointment in the games he played for me personally. I never once saw him “flash” any sort of offensive capability. I also never once saw him finish a check. He shies away from contact and when he doesn’t have the puck he skates around the ice with the blade of his stick pointing down and not ready to receive a pass. His puck support and positioning was horrible. Guy looked lost out there. Maybe he was adjusting, maybe a million things, one thing I know is when Soderburg got the chance to show what he could do, he did nothing with it.

  • John Griffin

    This is what I endorse. You have a 3-0 lead so there is room to be bold and try Soderberg. If you are going for the cup you need four lines contributing and this move could potentially make that 3rd line a factor going forward. Kelley will benefit with less pressure to score and may break out of his funk cycling with the merlots. All those moves above that break up Paille and Thorty are silly. The plan would be to minimize moves. Lastly eliminate all combos where Peverly takes the fourth. He stays with 3 and kelley goes down.

Red Sox Box Score
Red Sox Schedule
Baseball Analytics Blog
Red Sox Headlines
Down on the Farm
Red Sox Minor League News
Red Sox Team Leaders
MLB Headlines
Tips & Feedback

Verify