He has a rocking chair mentality because he’s locked in, like any good hitter would be

The “putting him on base” comment has more to do with the fact that a “duster” is a ball, not a reference to throwing at him. And do you really want to put someone on base in front of Manny Ramirez? ManRam may be a space cadet, but if there’s one thing he can do is hit.

Make your pitches, hit your spots, and hope he gets himself out. It worked for Bonds, Mattingly, Molitor, Henderson, and any other hot hitter you can come up with. And if he does go deep, just hope the bases are empty when he does.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/graphics/scouting_ortiz/

The point being Ortiz is way to comfortable at the plate versus the Yanks. If he’s dusted once in a while he won’t have that rocking chair mentality at the plate.

And if he would get hit, which is not the same as dusted, so? Putting him on first is so bad the way he hits this team? Let him clog the base paths then.

Based on the way Renteria hit the Yankees at will this past weekend, I would say that the Yankees need to do a better job at scouting Boston.

Anything can happen in a short series. And often (the wrong) things are magnified in a short series. Win as many games as you can during the season, and let the chips fall where they may during the postseason.

Even if you do make Ortiz “eat dust” you won’t do anything but help put him on base (and looking at his OBP the last couple of years, he doesn’t need more help in that dept). And with the lineup the Red Sox have, you don’t want to put more people on base than you can get away with.

Scouting is a good idea, but who’s to say the Yanks don’t already do it? Ortiz & Manny are good/great hitters, sometimes you have to give credit where it’s due.

Still, then, you still have to know where to put the next pitch after the brushback. I’m not sure NY knows where that is yet.

Get some pitchers with balls. Instead of Ortiz batting in a rocking chair make him eat dust.

A wise baseball man once said “Luck is the residue of design.”

How will this scout be able to account for the “intangibles”?

My point being- no amount of scouting will make up for the fact that one team just has the other’s number.

I honestly think right now that even if the Yanks scouted the Sox to death- it won’t make a lick of difference in the postseason. The sox would just find a way to win in ways you would never expect.