Uninspiring Start.

(Schilling was Unimpressive Today.)

(Dustin Pedroia Turning Two.)

Well led by a less than stellar start by Curt Schilling (4IP, 8H, 5ER, 5K), the Red Sox looked positively anemic today in a lame 7-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Royal's starter Gil Meche was downright stifling. The only bright spot to me was the plucky rookie 2B Dustin Pedroia (2-3, and a couple of slick plays around the bag) looked pretty good today, hopefully this is a tone setter for the whole year for him. On Wednesday, the two teams meet again, with Josh Beckett facing off against Odalis Perez. Hopefully the results then will be more promising.

TomC

RED SOX OPENING DAY!

	Active Roster
	Pitchers	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
	19 Josh Beckett	R/R	6-5	220	05/15/80
	53 Brendan Donnelly	R/R	6-3	240	07/04/71
	48 Javier Lopez	L/L	6-4	220	07/11/77
	18 Daisuke Matsuzaka	R/R	6-0	190	09/13/80
	37 Hideki Okajima	L/L	6-1	194	12/25/75
	58 Jonathan Papelbon	R/R	6-4	230	11/23/80
	36 Joel Pineiro	R/R	6-1	200	09/25/78
	32 J.C. Romero	S/L	5-11	205	06/04/76
	38 Curt Schilling	R/R	6-5	235	11/14/66
	39 Kyle Snyder	S/R	6-8	215	09/09/77
	51 Julian Tavarez	L/R	6-2	195	05/22/73
	49 Tim Wakefield	R/R	6-2	210	08/02/66
	Catchers	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
	28 Doug Mirabelli	R/R	6-1	220	10/18/70
	33 Jason Varitek	S/R	6-2	230	04/11/72
	Infielders	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
	13 Alex Cora	L/R	6-0	200	10/18/75
	12 Eric Hinske	L/R	6-2	235	08/05/77
	25 Mike Lowell	R/R	6-3	210	02/24/74
	23 Julio Lugo	R/R	6-1	175	11/16/75
	15 Dustin Pedroia	R/R	5-9	180	08/17/83
	20 Kevin Youkilis	R/R	6-1	220	03/15/79
	Outfielders	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
	10 Coco Crisp	S/R	6-0	180	11/01/79
	7 J.D. Drew	L/R	6-1	200	11/20/75
	22 Wily Mo Pena	R/R	6-3	245	01/23/82
	24 Manny Ramirez	R/R	6-0	200	05/30/72
	Designated Hitters	B/T	Ht	Wt	DOB
	34 David Ortiz	L/L	6-4	230	11/18/75

There are the guys the sox are going to war with this year. Their first game is today at 4:15 against the Kansas City Royals. Curt Schilling goes for the Red Sox versus Gil Meche for the Royals. I love Opening Day! Every thing seems so fresh and new, and the possibilities are endless!! I know I will be getting up earlier than usual (mind you I work overnights) to watch this bradcast on ESPN! On this day everybody thinks their season can end like this:



Okay disclaimer Time, this is not exclusively, and was never really intended to be a Red Sox Blog. That said I am a rather big fan of the Sox and odds are I will be talking about them a lot, mixed in with the cigars, whiskey, and other assorted ramblings that are part of the regular scheduled broadcast. Just thought you should be warned.

Okay, that said the opening day lineup will probably look like this:

SS Julio Lugo
1B Kevin Youkilis
DH David Ortiz
LF Manny Ramirez
RF J. D. Drew
C Jason Varitek
3B Mike Lowell
CF Coco Crisp
2B Dustin Pedroia

SP Curt Schilling

I would take my chances with those ten, especially against Kansas City!

LETS GO RED SOX!!

TomC

Kitty Meow Meow Update!

Thanks to a little ingenuity, a lot of hard work, some kind prayers, and a good luck cat named Minou, Our Kitty Bella was safely returned to us as I came home from work this morning. Thank you for all the kind thoughts. YAY!

TomC