Wheel in the sky...
Al:
Thankfully, one of the worst years evah is officially ovah.
Doug:
Yes, how nice, say goodbye to the most dismal of dismal seasons and say hello to the most dismal of dismal offseasons.
Al:
Meet the new season, same as the old season.
Mike:
Aw, c'mon now. What about the Andrew Bailey trade?
Mike:
A proven top quality major league bullpen ahm, for a couple prospects who've not shown much more than replacement level guy talent?
Mike:
Plus the appearance of this being a 100% Ben Cherington led move?
Doug:
Yeah, well, it's not in the same stratosphere as Theo's Shillingsgiving, but I'll confess it's a rare positive sign.
Al:
Hell, yeah, it is. I mean I haven't been this optimistic about the future of a franchise since Journey replaced Steve Perry with a Filipino dude they found on YouTube who sounds just like Steve Perry.
Al:
Don't stop believing, mothafuckahs.
Happy New Year all.
I'm going into 2012 all optimistic and shite.
And by that I mean no late Friday meetings.
Posted by: Bob | 2012.01.03 at 08:57 AM
Happy New Year everyone! 2012 has to be better than 2011, right? Right? Please let me be right.
Posted by: soxinsix | 2012.01.03 at 08:59 AM
Welcome back. I think I speak for the masses in saying that the strip was sorely missed.
Posted by: James | 2012.01.03 at 09:59 AM
I downloaded Out of the Park Baseball 2011 last week, after not playing the game for about a year. At the 2011 All Star Break, John Lackey is 13-1, and Carl Crawford is playing like a guy that deserves his phat contract. We need to just find the proper parallel universe where everything goes right for the Sox this year, and stay there.
Posted by: COD | 2012.01.03 at 10:19 AM
2012...new beginnings begun...I'm starting to wonder if a career shift would do me good. Maybe 2012 will have the answer.
Posted by: Kaz | 2012.01.03 at 10:55 AM
don't stop bereaving.
lc
Posted by: lc | 2012.01.03 at 12:24 PM
Winter is indeed here again, O Lord...
Posted by: James | 2012.01.03 at 12:46 PM
Maybe this means soxsplosion is over!
Posted by: Lauren | 2012.01.03 at 02:38 PM
No more late Friday meetings, Bob? There's a New Year's resolution that won't last the week, if my experience means anything.
And lc, that was both hilarious and clever. Brought to mind Kim Jung Il in "Team America: World Police":
"Herroooooh..." “You are worthress, Arec Barrwin!"
America, f#ck, yeah!
Posted by: Rob in CT | 2012.01.03 at 02:50 PM
Great movie reference, Rob...
"Hans Brix? Oh no!"
At least the Great Reader won't be ronery any more...
Posted by: soxinsix | 2012.01.03 at 03:12 PM
@lc -
はい
Posted by: soxdownunder | 2012.01.04 at 06:28 AM