Okay (I Promise)

Welcome to the year 2006. This is the time that the Red Sox have one of the more entertaining lineups in recent years, compared to the whoa-my-god 2003 lineup and the ugh-Renteria 2005 lineup. Yeah, "whoa-my-god 2003" was too good to be entertaining. Here are my opinions on some of our new arrivals (yes, this is late):
1. Dustan Mohr - When he hits a home run to left field it's really fun to watch. Otherwise he hits around like .238 so he's annoying, he probably can't run much either though he's an outfielder. Should return to Minnesota where he hit decently I think.
2. Willie Harris - No. Pinch running, maybe.
3. Mark Loretta - This guy is an amazing hitter, er, I guess not right now but he really is an amazing hitter. You might want to thank the Brewers for that, because I'm a member of the Mantell political party and I support such an agenda and I must disclose this to you by an act of Congress.
4. Coco Crisp - Will be a good replacement for Johnny Damon. Not as good of a hitter (Damon's hitting got better when he collided with Damian Jackson in the 2003 ALCS and messed up his vision, which logically works because he sees the ball better when it's closer to him now) but it was a really good move by Theo. Or whoever's up there making decisions now.
5. Mike Lowell - Right now he's really swinging amazingly well; maybe we'll get lucky and he'll continue to be that good. He doesn't look like that kind of a power hitter that he was for 5 years until last year when he stands at the plate... great defense
6. Alex Gonzalez - Great defense, good luck expecting him to get hits for you. Good replacement for Renteria
7. WHOA OUR ENTIRE INFIELD HAS CHANGED
8. Josh Bard - Why him? Just another backup catcher, except he's tall.

It'd be nice for Loretta to hit .100 higher but if that .230 or whatever continues I'd certainly welcome a trade with San Diego for a replacement whose name isn't Barfield...

Also, Roger Clemens won't pitch until June. Hopefully that's enough time for David Wells to decide for good that he should go away.

btw Typing in this window sucks because it lags for some reason.

I'll be more interesting some other day.