NESN insider Mikey Adams thinks there’s no competition.
“The problem is Vinatieri is now
gone,” Mikey told Jade McCarthy on Thursday’s edition of SportsDesk. “He’s out of here. … All [he] did was kick a field goal in the
snow. Big deal. Francona’s had to mesh 25 personalities together for
seven years now, and he’s had a very high success ratio — 95 wins per
year. I’m going with the skipper Tito there.”
Mikey also sounded off on the Bruins’ chances of recovering from the devastating loss of David Krejci, who dislocated his wrist during Wednesday’s win. Will Boston be able to recover from the absence of yet another scorer?
“They can weather it against Philadelphia for one more game, but can they weather it against the likes of Pittsburgh? No,” Mikey said. “This team, while it’s shown a can-do attitude when it loses scorers — this might be a little too much.”
Turning his attention to the Red Sox, Mikey doesn’t believe it was Dustin Pedroia‘s support that helped David Ortiz snap out of his slump on Wednesday against the Angels. There was something else playing in his favor.
“[Pedroia] would’ve tried that a long time ago, like April of last year, if that were really to be the answer,” Mikey said. “I have a feeling it was more Joel Piniero that put the pop back in Papi’s bat.”
For more from Mikey on Kevin Garnett‘s motivational shower speech, check out the video below.
