Opening Day 2007
The Red Sox are opening their season today in Kansas City at 4:05, and I can't wait. It's the same every year; the Patriots are done and the Bruins and Celtics are too lackluster to be as exciting as spring training. The anticipation builds, the new players are (thoroughly) scrutinized, and predictions of a trip to the postseason are abundant. It used to be "This is the year", and now it's "This is as good a team if not better than the 2004 club" (which, in the off chance you forgot, won the World Series that year).
Some popular topics, if you aren't excited (or cynical) enough already:
- Daisuke Matsuzaka's kickassedness
- his de-facto nickname "Dice-K"
- Papelbon as the closer
- the rotation (always a favorite)
- J.D. Drew's injuries
- Julio Lugo's value
- Youkilis in the 2-spot
- Coco's expectations (again)
- Varitek's slump
- Papi's HR total last year
- Pedroia's potential production
- Shouldn't it be pronounced "Why-lee" Mo?
- Manny-Papi or Papi-Manny
- Hideki Okajima (the other new Japanese guy)
- How much the Yankees are gonna suck
1 comment:
Ugh...to lose to Kansas City. Here I was thinking we got lucky with an easy start to our schedule...
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