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    What Was The Red Sox Starting Lineup For Your First Home Opener in Person?

    I remember most of the line up - although I don't recall the starting pitcher. Sammy White was the catcher, Norm Zauchin at first, Frank Malzone at third, Don Buddin at short, Ted Williams in left, Jimmy Piersall in center, Jackie Jensen in right. I am unsure who played second - might have...
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    Lucas Giolito has an elbow issue.

    I'm not so bummed out on the Giolito injury as some here I guess - if I remember nobody was expecting much from Crawford last year and he ended up as a real contributor.
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    What if you could change one thing - Red Sox edition

    What if Larry Lucchino never had a thing to do with the front office or, for that matter, the team in general?
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    When Is It Okay To Worry About Triston Casas: An Attempt at the Reverse Jinx

    My hope is that Casas works hard at first base. I remember when Boggs first started playing regularly - his glove was only so-so - but he worked at it and became a pretty good third baseman without losing any of his offense. I'm hoping for the same effort from Casas because his offense...
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    How much better can we get by just not playing stupid?

    Since defense has been a big issue I wonder if Grissom is going to be given a long leash to see if he can play a decent 2nd base. Remember when Pedroia came up - he didn't hit a lick for 2 months but they stuck with him because of his glove. It might be the other way around with Grissom...
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    red sox preview/predictions

    I'm afraid I'm not as optimistic as most folks here. The pitching just isn't there and I must hope for a relatively injury-free year from the pitching we do have along with a return to the Colorado version of Trevor Story, continued upward improvement for Casas, a successful move to 2B for...