1) Fenway Park turns 100 years old on April 12, 2012. Why didn’t MLB schedule a game to be played on this date? The Red Sox have an off-day then, and they play the Rays the next day for their home opener. Wouldn’t it have made more sense to have the season opener on the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park? I would think so.
2) Are the Sox fans going to lay off Crawford this year? Personally, I think part of Crawford’s problems stemmed from the pressure he was under last year. Sox fans had seen for years what Crawford could do, he started slow, and never fully recoverer If the fans can cheer for Lackey (a player I’m sure doesn’t have many Sox fans) when they found out his then-wife was battling cancer, I hope they can give Crawford the same courtesy.
3) Who’s going to be this year’s Daniel Nava/Ryan Kalish/ Josh Reddick? You know, the younger player who comes in a makes a big splash. Nava had his MLB debut be a grand slam, Kalish hit for power, and Reddick had his spurts of brilliance.
4) What is the personality of the team going to be like? 2004, we had the “Idiots.” 2007, was mostly professional players (aside from our closer putting a beer case on his head and Irish dancing around the field). 2011, we had the pitchers/catchers clique (sorry to bring it up again). 2012, we have some very entertaining (Ortiz, Pedroia, Ross) players, some players out to prove themselves (Crawford, Salty, Youkilis), and the players who are just seem to be there and play well without saying too much (Gonzalez, Ellsbury, Lester). Plus, you have to add in Valentine’s personality. I’m hoping it all works well for the team.
5) What will Andrew Bailey’s song be? I’ve been listening to a lot more Dropkick Murphys the past week because of St. Patrick’s Day coming up, and I’m starting to like the song “The State of Massachusetts” as a closer’s song. Could be an interesting possibility.
6) How many games will Valentine be ejected from? Ozzie Guillen was ejected from the Red Sox- Marlins game the other day, which I found a bit amusing. But really, Valentine’s kind of a spitfire as well. Plus, if he is ejected, will he try to come back into the game?
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7) Why isn’t NESN airing as many Spring Training games? And on a related note, why isn’t NESN airing the St. Patrick’s Day game? The Sox only wear their green uniforms one day a year!
So, those were just a few questions I had as we creep closer to the start of the season. Of course, there will be more questions than answers (like in life), but I’m beginning to be more excited for the season. Go Sox!
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