Birth of yet another blog

Welcome to what I hope will become a regular stop for Red Sox fans. I've been following the team since the 1950's and for the most part it hasn't been dull ( save the Butch Hobson and Ralph Houk years )

Matsuzaka will be the focal point of 2007 of that there is no doubt. Can he pitch well in MLB? He better or it maybe the end of Theo Epstein. If the Red Sox do not make the playoffs in 2007 it could very spell the end of Theo as GM with the Sox. But as Gerry Callahan points out in today's HERALD the team is making a bold statement in signing Matsuzaka.

With all the mystery over J.D. Drew's contract the cynic in me wonders if the Red Sox may have been tipped off about a possible medical issue and then signed Drew to make Boras happy as they went on the bigger mission to sign Matsuzaka and now perhaps can back out of the deal or get a much lower contract. Meanwhile ya think Drew is rethinking walking away from 33 million from the Dodgers?

Finally I am not thrilled about the change in the radio booth. I liked Trupiano and thought he and Joe Castiglione had a good chemistry. But I took a look over at a fan board for the Marlins and Dave O'Brien was given great reviews from his time in Florida.

So happy Off-Season Greetings to all and Go Sox!!!! more later