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Lester is really building up to be something special. I saw maybe one of his better performances on NESN last year against Trenton. Not that he can do it at the ML level but he was throwing his fastball by hitters with ease, he trhew one 88, but the location on it was perfect, if he can keep that up he should be a nasty compliment to Beckett, with Papy right behind him, a nasy R-L-R sandwich.

I CANNOT wait for that UConn-Nova game, the last one they played was wicked good.

Oh yeah, totally agreed, but I guess it's a lot better then what the Duke was giving us.

Yeah, there's no reason to boo Millar at all, he was a clubhouse leader and was decent most of the time he was here. Without him we might lose Game 4 to Mo and the Yanks. However Damon wil most definately get boos.

yeah, just sometime he takes it over the top. Like when he was dissing us and basically calling our orginazation a mess during the 04 ALCS

Sheff needs to calm down, it's happened to many players. He takes everything personally, and if the Yankees want to wait andkeep options open (which is smart) he's going to have to elarn to deal with it.

Well, I guess he's not biased considering the article says he almost hit Jeter too.

Yeah, there's an article on boston.com. We wish ya the best Dave

agreed:D

Well he's been wrong 5 straight in the new millenium, hopefully his streak will continue

I've heard of Martinez and Kent, but not the others

Pavano's gunna miss the begining of the year, I was going by Opeining Day

From a risk-perception, i would much rather have the Sox pitching staff then that of the Yankees. Yeah, the Yanks have Rivera, but that's about it in terms of locks. Randy is asking for an injury, Moose can be knocked around, Chacon and Small aren't exactly proven, and Wang is already showing wear-and-tear at his age. However the Sox also have question marks. Schilling is by far the biggest, but last year was injured so what he did last year cannot really be taken seriosuly until those last three games, in which he even said on ESPNs Page 2 he wasn't injured. Beckett is next, but there's far less risk here then gossiped. Yes, he has the blister problem, but so did a man by the name of Nolan Ryan. Papelbon, who in his first career start held the Angels to 2 runs should do fine, and will be interesting to watch as the season progresses. Of course with his age comes all of the ?s as "can he take the workload" or "can he keep it up the whole season" which he probably can. Schilling v. Johnson Edge: NYY I say this only because Schill is a question mark in terms of how he will perform, Johnson is whether he will get injured or not. Beckett v. Mussina Edge: BOS Beckett is up and coming, Moose is going down and out, though he can obviously put up solid numbers. Mussina can be great, but can also be knocked around. I'd call it even because of Beckett coming to a new elague, etc. but I think his talnt can overcome that. Wakefield v. Wang Edge: BOS Wakefiled was our anchor in the 2nd half of last year, hardly getting lit up, and coming up with the stop every time asked. Wang like Papelbon still comes with the ?s and the injury factor. Age isn't a factor for Wake as he hurls a knuckle. Papelbon v. Chacon Edge: Even Up in the air, though I believe Papelbon has a far better chance to succeed over Chacon. Chacon might have always been the Chacon of last year but was dragged down by COLs thin air. However that is unlikely but only time can tell. Papelbon as stated has all the questions coming with a full workload. Clement/Arroyo v. Small Edge: BOS Small, unlike Chacon was not in COL, which is Chacon's only excuse. Therefor there is more probability that last year was a fluke. Also Clement, if he can put a full season together can be great, same goes with Arroyo who was our ace the 1st half of the season along with Clement.

o, i gotcha i gotcha

do u mean the series like the Yanks played?

O, true dat and 1/2

What like that Abreu kid we almost signed?

No, everyone agrees he has potential and is a top 15-20 spect, just Crespo forgets he's 21 years old

I wouldn't even mind if ARod breaks it, just anyone but Barry Bonds, he's such a prick.

Barry Bonds just isn't a likeable guy, if anyone should break the HR record, I pray that it will not be him.

What are you talkin about, the year before his whole rep was that he had the velocity (which before was low 90's not 95) and needed to sharpen his secondary pitches.

yeah, he didnt exactly rehabilitate Dillon's image, just put him in a better situation.

Good to hear

jw, has anyone seen or heard Alex Gonzalez report the ST? I haevn't seen anything on him.

Brett Boone fa sho, noticed how he lost weight? Also an an unbiased note, a lot of the Yankee fans I know think Trot is on the juice, which kinda makes sense, but I don't think is true.