Thursday, February 09, 2006

Responses

"Crisp will hurt from a lead-off perspective; how many fewer runs will the Sox have this year?"

My response: none.

Theres your stats comparison. They are very similar.

We had a real slow year when it came to starting off with offense last year and this year we will be mediocre all year long - but the thing is offense doesn't win championships - defense does.

Pitching is more important anyway.

We'll have a better year than many think - but don't hold your breath for a Championship. This year again it is really anyone's to win. No one's to lose.

As for the topic of Pitching - Josh Beckett chose number 19 instead of his usual rocket 21 - perhaps this is so if the Rocket comes back, Roger will indeed be able to wear his 21.

I would much rather a Rocket than a Schill. I know I'm often quoted as going after the young guys like no tomorrow. The promise of a future - but we have that with Papelbon and such -- a Clemens never dies.

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Eternity of Update

Okay so one trip to Arizona, one week of driving, and one first week of stressful classes later and the entire Red Sox situation is different.

This ALWAYS happens to me - I go away and fifteen hundred moves are made.

Let's recap what happened last time I went away backpacking: they TRADED NOMAR!

Okay so this time things weren't that shocking but... all the same:

Coco Crisp (not an upgrade but not drop from damon either)

Alex Gonzalez deal (cheap and good)

Theo's Return (he was just holding off to see if we'd be decent before he associated his name with the sox again folks)

Angels decline offer for Manny (ughh he is just a problem straight out)

JT Snow (FINALLY A DIRT DOG IN THE INFIELD!!! We needed one after the loss of the dog Mueller)

Its just all so exciting yet fluid.

Thing is we are much further now than we were a month ago to having a team. And what a totally refreshed team we have. It's like Martha Stewart came in and redecorated or something.

Anyway you all can read redsox.com for updates... I'm not going to insult your intelligence by reading it to you.