- It appears that the Spring Training Hype Machine has found it’s annual beneficiary in the form of 20-year-old Casey Kelly. Kelly has pitched impressively against Northeastern University and the Baltimore Orioles (basically the AL East equivalent of Northeastern University), and the puff pieces are flying off the press.
- Knucleballer Charlie Zink, a guy who toiled in the Red Sox minor league system for 8 years while only making one rather disastrous MLB appearance during that time frame, is scheduled to pitch against the Sox for his new team this afternoon.
- What is it about the first warm Saturday of the year that makes everyone act like a drooling half-wit? While running a simple errand that should have taken all of 10 minutes, I nearly ran over about 12 pedestrians / cyclists. “Weee, it’s warm outside! I am at one with nature! I can ignore the laws of traffic and physics! I am immune to blunt force trauma! Weeee!”
- According to this blurb in the Globe, contract talks between the team and Josh Beckett are off to a pleasant start. Beckett seems like a volatile individual who might start kicking over furniture and brandishing a high-powered hunting rifle if someone says the wrong thing during negotiations, so this one bears close watching.
- Dice-K should be ready to pitch around March 18th. I’ll actually be in Fort Myers next week, so, there is a chance I will get to see him in action. If so, I’ll be sure to take one of my insanely poor-quality photos from about 400 yards away, and post it here for all to enjoy.
- Lack of sleep and work-related stress has me feeling like one of Ben Roethlisberger’s victims lately, so, I apologize for the delay in the team previews. They will continue today or tomorrow.
