I'm sure most Sox fans have long forgotten the days of the Demon with Coco's stellar play. A 4-1 record through 5 games is great, and with the pitching that we've seen in ALL of our pitchers thus far, with the exception of Wake (who always gets beaten up in Texas, so we shouldn't take that start too seriously and wait for the start tomorrow), I am very excited. Sure, it's early, but who's to say that this WON'T continue? I'm sure if Schill was going to be in his 2005 form, we would have seen some symptoms. But all we've seen is the good ol' 2004 Schill. I agree with you 100% seabeach that so far this year, everything is an improvement. We even get to see some stolen bases from Coco that we wouldn't have gotten to see as much if we had Demon. Sure, bad move on stealing 3rd, but hey, at least there was an attempt!
I'm very excited about this season. I know we've played the Orioles, who aren't great, but we did hit the ball pretty well overall against Texas like expected, and our pitching definitely shut down the Rangers' lineup, which is one of the best lineups in the MLB. This Sox team, IMO, is something special. I have a very good feeling about this season. (Then again, I always have good feelings about every season )