Wednesday, November 24, 2004
FENWAY UPGRADES
Story
Basically, an upgrade of the drainage system, more than doubling the amount of clubhouse space, widening the thin concourse underneath 1st base.
2005 SCHEDULE
I wonder if the MLB people simply get schedules randomly through a computer or if they throw in a few games on purpose. No wait, I don't wonder. The Sox begin their 2005 title defense (God that sounds amazing) against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium on Monday April 4th. They then go to Toronto over the weekend before returning home to play...the Yankees on Monday April 11th. Hey MLB, thanks for the weekend opening day games! The Sox play every AL East team in April and don't play a non-divisional team until April 29th. The Sox begin interleague play on June 6th against St. Louis in St. Louis. They then go up I-55 to play the Cubs in Wrigley in a rematch of the 1918 World Series. They then host Cincinatti and Pittsburgh. After a series with Cleveland, they play in Philadelphia.
SOX RE-HIRE COACHES
Pitching coach Dave Wallace, hitting coach Ron Jackson, bench coach Brad Mills, 1st base coach Lynn Jones, and 3rd base coach Dale Sveum. I totally agree with Wallace and Jackson being brought back. Both are very good coaches. I have no problem with Mills and Jones either. However, Sveum was not a good 3rd base coach. The job of the 3rd base coach is to relay signs to offensive players and to help runners run the bases. He did not help runners at all. I remember one time when Manny ignored a wave-in sign because he would have been thrown out by a mile.
THE PEDRO SITUATION
I have no idea what to call this. A courtship maybe. The Yankees seem to be trying to pull a Theo Epstein and woo Pedro to playing for New York by taking him out to dinner. The Yankees did a similar thing to Mussina. However, Mussina wasn't wooed by the flowers sent to his wife, it was the fat contract he got. Obviously Pedro will sign with New York if he is presented with alot of money. The question might be, what borough of New York will he play in? The Bronx or Queens? The Mets signed former prodigy Kris Benson and have money to spend. Many speculate they are going after Sosa who would cost alot of money to sign. They also might want Carlos Beltran. The Mets represent a larger threat to sign Pedro, in my opinion. They're desperate and they have money and they need to change their franchise or face becoming a team like the Chicago White Sox in a big market but utterly dominated by their crosswotn rivals. However, for all the dinners the Yankees are giving to Pedro, only the Red Sox have offered him a deal.
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
A New England tradition. The big game is #2 Everett and #5 Cambridge. Another big game is #6 Foxboro and #10 Mansfield. And the third big game is #17 Billerica and #19 Chelmsford. Xaverian will roll over St. John's Prep.
#10 BU hockey lost to the Harvard Crimson 2-1 the other day. The Celtics lost to Indiana 106-96 despite the fact that Indy had a total of 8 players in uniform. Boston College fell to #4 in the hockey rankings, UNH is #6, Maine is #8, ans Cornell, which is across town from my school, is #14.
Story
Basically, an upgrade of the drainage system, more than doubling the amount of clubhouse space, widening the thin concourse underneath 1st base.
2005 SCHEDULE
I wonder if the MLB people simply get schedules randomly through a computer or if they throw in a few games on purpose. No wait, I don't wonder. The Sox begin their 2005 title defense (God that sounds amazing) against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium on Monday April 4th. They then go to Toronto over the weekend before returning home to play...the Yankees on Monday April 11th. Hey MLB, thanks for the weekend opening day games! The Sox play every AL East team in April and don't play a non-divisional team until April 29th. The Sox begin interleague play on June 6th against St. Louis in St. Louis. They then go up I-55 to play the Cubs in Wrigley in a rematch of the 1918 World Series. They then host Cincinatti and Pittsburgh. After a series with Cleveland, they play in Philadelphia.
SOX RE-HIRE COACHES
Pitching coach Dave Wallace, hitting coach Ron Jackson, bench coach Brad Mills, 1st base coach Lynn Jones, and 3rd base coach Dale Sveum. I totally agree with Wallace and Jackson being brought back. Both are very good coaches. I have no problem with Mills and Jones either. However, Sveum was not a good 3rd base coach. The job of the 3rd base coach is to relay signs to offensive players and to help runners run the bases. He did not help runners at all. I remember one time when Manny ignored a wave-in sign because he would have been thrown out by a mile.
THE PEDRO SITUATION
I have no idea what to call this. A courtship maybe. The Yankees seem to be trying to pull a Theo Epstein and woo Pedro to playing for New York by taking him out to dinner. The Yankees did a similar thing to Mussina. However, Mussina wasn't wooed by the flowers sent to his wife, it was the fat contract he got. Obviously Pedro will sign with New York if he is presented with alot of money. The question might be, what borough of New York will he play in? The Bronx or Queens? The Mets signed former prodigy Kris Benson and have money to spend. Many speculate they are going after Sosa who would cost alot of money to sign. They also might want Carlos Beltran. The Mets represent a larger threat to sign Pedro, in my opinion. They're desperate and they have money and they need to change their franchise or face becoming a team like the Chicago White Sox in a big market but utterly dominated by their crosswotn rivals. However, for all the dinners the Yankees are giving to Pedro, only the Red Sox have offered him a deal.
THANKSGIVING FOOTBALL
A New England tradition. The big game is #2 Everett and #5 Cambridge. Another big game is #6 Foxboro and #10 Mansfield. And the third big game is #17 Billerica and #19 Chelmsford. Xaverian will roll over St. John's Prep.
#10 BU hockey lost to the Harvard Crimson 2-1 the other day. The Celtics lost to Indiana 106-96 despite the fact that Indy had a total of 8 players in uniform. Boston College fell to #4 in the hockey rankings, UNH is #6, Maine is #8, ans Cornell, which is across town from my school, is #14.
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