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Oh happy day! For those without Nesn, it will also be on MLB.com for free. Even though he won't be throwing that hard, I want to see what Clement's stuff is like.

Also, a word to the wise.. Here in the states they cut off beer sales in the ballparks around (after?) the 7th inning. So if you want to get good and hammered, do what I do. Buy like 3 beers - the big ones - after the 6th. Ya never know if the game's going to go into extra innings. I don't know if I could put up with walking a mile then standing for 3 hours, but it may turn out to be more comfortable than sitting in those tiny hard-ass wooden folding seats they have. I'm skinny and have no idea how the fat guys do it. :dunno:

The one thing with Mantei that bothers me more than all the others is his history of injury. Sure Clement, Miller and Wells all got injured last year, but Mantei gets injured EVERY year. I think 10 seasons in a row. I don't see how this year will be any different unless they decide to pich him less. I guess in his new roll, he'll be pitching less anyway. But still, I think I read somewhere that he doesn't expect to pitch more than 50 innings this season. In that regard, he may not be as big an impact as Clement or even Wells. But if he does stay healthy............

I don't know. I think he'll put up similar numbers to what Schilling did last year. Maybe 20-8. Something like that with a mid 3 era. The NY lineup may not have chemistry or be clutch, but they are good enough to score 5 or 6 in any game. He'll have great run support outside of his games against the Sox.

Here is a link to the trailer. It doesn't look bad - actually, I may be forced to check it out. Barrymore's got some real niiice ta-tahs and I can live with Fallon and his man ta-tahs.

These numbers don't add up.... THEY ARE FOR FANTASY GAMES. First I went out to rotoworld and added up what they have for Sox pitchers W/L The total was 101 wins, 82 losses. Then I added up the first post here with *Note: Only key bullpen people shown. It comes to 102 wins and 62 losses. Anyone else see a problem with these numbers?

sick-o... http://forums.netsports.com/images/smilies/nono2.gif

This is pretty sweet. http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/article/577/577501/espn-mlb-2k5-20050105012158644.jpgthis is pretty sweet.

What's even funnier is they seemed to get everyone else I saw pretty close. Esp. Bellhose. http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/699/699808/imgs_1.html

Nyyaaaahhhhhggghh. Children taste great. Nyyaaaahhhhhggghh. . http://sportsmedia.ign.com/sports/image/article/589/589712/mlb-2k5-20050222021009558.jpg

old news. Current news is that the Yankees choked.

To not like or judge a player based on their politics is stupid. I appreciated it. He didn't flip on his favorite team because he's now employed by the Sox. He's never said anything but nice word towards Pedro and RJ. Except for A-Rod, Schill's been great towards everyone. Who can knock a guy for believing in a God? Was he upset when you told him this?

Yeah, I got mad cash like you got mad fingernail.

Yeah, ebay. Don't even ask how much. They have a sweet one on there right now that has the Red Sox logo and "2004 World Champions" in white neon. Oh man it was sweet. Here it is... http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/03/4f/4d/e3_1_b.JPG

Is Now Mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what "Other" was for. The poll only allows like 10 options. The addition of Wake to my list was probably based on what went down with A-Boone in 2003. Plus he's been around the longest I think. But yeah, those three Nixon doubles were huge.

John Henry - I guess it was him - posted on SOSH now that the rings won't be done in time for the home opener....

What sucks for me is that, unless the rings are presented before an actual game, I won't be able to see it. My MLB TV pass doesn't show "special events" like off-day celebratations. Just do it opening day in front of the Yankees and the whole Nation. It's not like we got the rings because we beat the Yanks - we had to beat the Cardinals to get them.

Lol. I got all flustered when I made the poll. I had my 10 choices, and Schill was one of them, but when I clicked "make poll" it asked me for all my choices again. I knew I forgot someone when I only came up with 9, so..... I put in Bellhorn's name. Sorry. Hey Yeszir, can you switch out Bellhorn's name for Schilling's?

And why????? I say Schilling, but I hope Damon does. The first thought I have when thinking back to the 2004 playoffs is Damon's slam against the Yanks. And that slam put it away early, which is exactly what the Sox did in the World Series right after that hit. It's Damon for me.

I totally agree. And to be honest, I thought there was more hype over 2004 starting than this year. Last year we were firing all our guns at once for one last shot to win it all in the "Pedro and Nomar era". We knew we had a roster filled with stars that on paper actually looked better than the Yankees and we also were coming off 2003 when we basically beat the Yanks at Yankee Stadium with our players, but lost because of our manager. 2004 was going to be redemption. 2004 meant anything short of a trip to the World Series was a total loss. Now that is pressure. This year will be different. We are the champs so the pressure to beat us is squarely on the Yankees and everyone else. Though I think the Sox will be competitive, and have a great chance at going back to the WS, to get caught up in all this repeat business is absurd. This is not the beginning of a Dynasty in Boston. We have no young guys who are entering their prime and who as a group will carry this team for the next 5 years. But we do have a GM and owner who will make us compete every year until some of the younger guys get here. I cannot be the only person who feels that if all hell breaks loose and the Sox are a .500 team for any reason, that it's not going to really bother me. This team has already won the WS - and when I say team I mean the players left from 2003. The first team Theo really built. And that is good enough for me for a couple of years probably because I liked these guys so much as players. Toss in the fact that the Sox won the World Series last year in the most inprobably way makes me feel even more this way. I can't see, really, how 2005 can top 2004, even if the Sox do win the Series again. So I'm just looking for a good, fun, competative year. Anything on top of that is icing. So yeah, I think the pressure's off a little more than in previous years. Unless of course I'm the only one to think that way.

I'm amazed my Tom Brady smiley hasn't yet been added to the list of smileys. http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/h/chinigor/talksox/tom.gif

60 Minutes said last night that a "Day with Jose Canseco" cost $2500/day.

Ouch.