Let it begin

Bill:
Best line of 2012 so fah — Carl Crawford's "by clubhouse 'problems' I guess you're talking about chicken and beer."

 

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Mike:
And is it me or does Crawford seem more, I dunno, relaxed, upbeat, happy-go-lucky since stepping onto the Jet Blue grass in 2012 than he did at any point last season?

 

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Bill:
Absolutely. And you've heard it here first — Crawford has a monstah, MVP season. Write it the fuck down.

 

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Mike:
This of course coming from the guy who perennially picks Matsuzaka to win the Cy Young.

 

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Bill:
Hey, so I've got an, er, ding or two in my prognostication ahmah. Heh.

 

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Mike:
Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, let the 2012 spring officially begin.

 

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Comments

[Harwich Rich]

Meh.

[Bob]

Come on, Harwich, turn that Meh around. Hem, baby! (And haw.)

[Harwich Rich]

Hemp(and haw) ;)

[Jack Wrong (aka Follower of Tito)]

Spring seems to be coming early everywhere. Driving around western Mass, sap is already running, plums of steam rising from the sugar shacks, syrup boiling (at least I think so...unless they are "Breakin' Bad").

Spring may be here...but I am just waiting for the other "snow" shoe to drop before I commit to it.

[yazbread]

Yes we'll rally round that chicken and beer thing, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

[buckner was framed]

what's the over/under on the number of rubber chickens shown at Beckett as he warms up in Fenway for the first time?

[COD]

At Fenway? Probably not many. At Yankee Stadium? Probably thousands.

[soxinsix]

Crawford can't be any worse in year #2, right? Unless, of course, his middle name is 'Lackey'.

[David Pinto]

Soxinsix, Barry Zito improved, didn't he? :-)

[Rob in CT]

Thanks for today's strip, h.b. A little optimism was just what the doctor ordered to put some "Spring" in my step.

Of course, it helps that I'm working in 70°+ temperatures down here in San Antonio, and everything looks ready to bloom. Still, I'm beginning to get some of those happy pre-season feelings again. Nice to have instead of the fear and loathing of this Winter.

"Spring in the world! And all things are made new!" - R. Hovey

[lc]

didn't see that coming.

sadly, unmoved

thanks for not using the word "chink", I guess. Long live Mrs. Padmore

[Harwich Rich]

But what if his middle name is Ditka??

[da kine]

I, for one, have a positive feeling going into the new season. Even if the team sucks, I'll actually be able to get tickets to a game at Fenway on my biannual trip to Boston. (Does that mean once every two years? That's what I mean.)

Since 2003, I've had to blackmail relatives into getting me tickets by threatening to expose their naughty indiscretions on the intartubes, exploiting... uh, gaps in their armor, if you will.

[yazbread]

Baseball fluffers? Need some way to stay focused on the team.

[Bob]

So, is this "significant compensation" for Theo? You be the judge:

http://www.weei.com/sports/boston/this-just-in/21178446/sox-get-prospect-carpenter-theo

[COD]

Chris Carpenter isn't significant compensation? You gotta hand it to Theo, he managed to trade us a Cardinal, giving the Red Sox significant compensation while weakening his division rival at the same time. Dude really is a genius.

[Roscoe]

I think we got the wrong Chris Carpenter. This guy is rated the 13th best prospect in the Cubs' organization. 13th? For Theo? Is this some kind of sick joke?

[Harwich Rich]

"Works diligently to stay healthy"-read no chicken or beer ;O

[Jeff in NC]

Hey Red Sox, thanks for letting us have your brewmaster. Here's a cup of bong water.