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Yes it is. Nice hit Pedro.

Where is a700 to rip Salty for the throw into CF? Great, another pitcher with goofy ass facial hair.

Crap, Middlebrooks already out of the game with a wrist injury. Took a weird swing.

As much as I hate the NYY, have to agree with y'all on that.

I thought he was obsessed with a700, you too huh?:dunno:

RED SOX (2-3) Ellsbury CF Pedroia 2B Victorino RF Saltalamacchia C Middlebrooks 3B Drew SS Nava 1B Hamilton DH Pitching: LHP Franklin Morales followed by LHP Drake Britton, RHP Junichi Tazawa, RHP Joel Hanrahan, RHP Koji Uehara, RHP Andrew Bailey and LHP Andrew Miller. Game time: 7:05 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN

I got a PM from the troll too.

You know better than to feed trolls.

RED SOX (0-0) Ellsbury CF Pedroia 2B Victorino RF Saltalamacchia C Gomes LF Drew SS Middlebrooks 3B Overbay 1B Sweeney DH Pitching: RHP John Lackey followed by LHP Drake Britton, RHP Pedro Beato, RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Jose De La Torre, RHP Oscar Villareal, RHP Alex Wilson and RHP Steven Wright. -------- Whooooo Hooooooo!! ST baseball!!!

Dump Aceves ASAP!!!!!!!

Great points. With all of the questions of how well are current pitching staff will do this season, think it would be a mistake to get rid of him. Hopefully he'll get his temperment in check under Farrell.

Exactly. That's how it's always been around here. Disagree = Ban. Makes complete sense.

I don't think so. I really don't.

Unbelievable.

Jon Lester hits the right tone Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff February 13, 2013 01:40 PM FORT MYERS, Fla. — Jon Lester further bruised his reputation last week with some petulant comments to WEEI.com. For skeptical fans, it was not what they wanted to hear. But when he met with the media Wednesday, Lester did more than damage control. He showed himself as somebody who really does recognize what has gone wrong since the final month of the 2011 season. In response to a question from the Globe's Dan Shaughnessy, Lester said he does love baseball and loves playing in Boston, even in the bad times. "Sometimes I kind of want to strangle myself," Lester said. "It can be intimidating, especially when you have seasons like last year. It's tough. You know you suck and your teammates are trying to pick you up and everybody else knows you suck. You're just trying to kind of break even on the whole deal. It's tough. But at the same time, it's the greatest place to play." Lester also acknowledged that he needs to be more of a leader with the departure of Josh Beckett. Part of that, he said, is improving his body language on the mound and not complaining to umpires. Manager John Farrell has spoken to Lester about those subjects. "You want to express some things, you want to give some honest feedback. This is something that in the time here prior, it was a topic of conversation at times when it needed to be," Farrell said. "You don't want to take a person's personality completely away from him. But at the same time, I think there are limits to not showing composure or not being composed. When that kind of is exceeded, we all need to be pulled back every now and then. "I think listening to Jon and what he had to say, he spoke very candidly about that. I think he's in the right place and thinking about it the right way right now."

:lol:

Thanks Bellhorn. I had no idea what interview jung was referring to. I don't get the Lester hate. If he refused to give interviews, he'd be a jerk, when he does do an interview he gets ripped for his words. I just think it's too early to deduce anything about this upcoming season and how anyone is going to perform. Especially based on an interview.

A striking return to the Fort for two Sox Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff February 10, 2013 05:29 PM FORT MYERS, Fla. — A plane carrying Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia was struck by lightning on its way to Fort Myers. Here's what Ellsbury posted on Twitter: Our plane just got struck by lightning heading to Ft. Myers. #itsgoodluck That's good luck? Yikes. Pedroia probably wanted to get out and walk the rest of the way. He's not much for flying. Meanwhile Jason Varitek was the latest Red Sox luminary to arrive in camp.

Poor Tito!

Salty and Ross set to do the catching Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff February 9, 2013 12:10 PM FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox catching competition may be over already. General manager Ben Cherington made it clear this morning that Jarrod Saltalamacchia and David Ross will be the catchers and that Ryan Lavarnway has to wait his turn. "For right now I think our expectations [are] Salty and Ross, they're the two proven guys. We signed Ross and a reason and Salty has continued to build on each year and added some things and gotten better. He's a power threat [and] capable of being one of the best catchers in the league. We've seen that. We've seen other parts of seasons when he's struggled. "He's still a young guy. We expect him to continue to develop and be even better this year than he was last year. We think Salty and Ross complement each other well offensively. "We feel pretty good about where we are catching wise." So where does that leave Lavarnway? "Lavarnway has come a long way. We think he's going to be a really good player for us. Sometimes the clock doesn't start exactly when the player wants to. But he's proven at the Triple-A level that he's capable of helping a major league team. That's going to happen, we just don't know exactly when." Lavarnway, 25, has played 144 games in Triple-A over the last two seasons, hitting .295/.382/.511 with 26 home runs and 98 RBIs. He has hit .172 /.230/.286 in 209 major league plate appearances from 2011-12. Cherington did not speculate on the possibility of a trade. "I'm not sure about the odds. We'll see," he said. "We've talked to teams all winter. We kind of know where other teams are and some teams have done most of what they need to do and some teams are still working on things and may have some questions this spring training. We'll continue the conversations and see if anything comes to us that makes sense. But we're not motivated to make a deal. We don't need to make a deal. We'll see if one comes to us that makes sense."

Great news!! :thumbsup:

Or a dense asshat

I'm surprised Abraham didn't know about that.

Red Sox invite 19 to spring training Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff February 9, 2013 09:33 AM FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox have invited 19 players to spring training. Here's the breakdown: Pitchers: RHP Pedro Beato, RHP Chris Carpenter, RHP Anthony Carter, RHP Jose De La Torre, RHP Terry Doyle, LHP Chris Hernandez, LHP Oscar Villarreal. Infielders: Xander Bogaerts, Jonathan Diaz, Mark Hamilton (also OF), Justin Henry, Deven Marrero, Lyle Overbay, Drew Sutton, Outfielders: Jackie Bradley, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Juan Carlos Linares, Mitch Maier, Ryan Sweeney. Of note: Bogaerts, Bradley, Bradley and Marrero are among the team's top 10 prospects. ... Beato, Carpenter and Sweeney were all with the Sox last season. ... Sutton was with the Sox in 2011. ... A bit of a surprise that OF Bryce Brentz wasn't invited to camp. ... De La Torre will play for Puerto Rico in the WBC. ... The Sox will have 59 players in camp including OF Ryan Kalish, who is recovering from shoulder surgery.

^ This. Thanks for the positive post!