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We get a lot of fans who talk a lot of shit and don’t back it up or just make downright asinine comments.

Everyone has their own opinion and are entitled to it. Just be smart about how you express it is all.

I have a baseball view as well. The radio show I do with anthony and jason is all about major league baseball. next week we preview the nl west and the following week is the al west.

Yeah i saw it. That was my last line from the comment last night. I think that’s great. I don’t pay enough attention to it to try and win something.

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Hopefully I answered your question from before Jay. I’ll let Steve handle his response.

I will say the Angels should be a good team this year. For us, it can be frustrating watching them at times because they play a lot of small ball. But heck it works so more power to them.

And this from a team who is making a mockery of the game by signing an aging washed up comedian for his 60th b-day to play in a game. What is this fucking little league?

Who’s next Rudy Guliani?

I think we will just leave this for all the Yankees fans who come over to cry about a little bit of a joke.

Did you also see where I said I respect Hughes for what he is doing (comment #11)?

Like I’ve said with Curt Schilling’s blog, I think it’s a great thing that Hughes is doing especially taking questions from the fans. I think anytime an athlete does that it brings a different perspective to the game. I’ll admit I read his blog. So take this post as you must.

Beckett, Matsuzaka, Wakefield, Lester, Colon/Buchholz vs Wang, Pettitte Mussina, Hughes, Kennedy.

First off, Beckett will be fine. With the cautious approach the Red Sox are taking with him, he’ll still be a candidate for the Cy Young. Matsuzaka has a year under his belt in America and I think will have a breakout season and show us what all the hype was about. Wakefield is Wakefield, probably finish right around .500 but give about 15 wins. Lester having no issues to worry about other than pitching will give the Red Sox some quality starts and will get better as the season goes on. Personally, I think Buchholz will start the season in the minors and probably Colon too as the Red Sox really don’t need a 5th starter until mid-April.

Wang is good but like you said he’s no ace. I’d take Beckett over him any day of the week. Pettitte is a good pitcher and I’ve given him respect during this whole HGH saga, but with the Clemens perjury investigation lingering, the big question with Pettitte will be how he reacts to it. Mussina isn’t the same as he once was and last year was terrible in my opinion. His fastball was a batting practice fastball for the most of the season. Hughes is a good pitcher and will need to live up to the hype as well. I’d expect Hughes to be the ace by mid-season. Kennedy has had moderate success so far in his short time and will probably have a decent season. The wild card in the Yanks rotation is Chamberlain. He was dominant in the minors and has been for the most part in the majors. The difference though is the fact that Joba was a starter in the minors and has been a reliever in the majors where he only faces guys one time. I’d like to see how he does as a starter in the big leagues and has to make adjustments throughout the game as he faces hitters for a second and possibly third time before you anoint him the next great thing.

If Beckett’s back injury lingers past April there is cause for concern. Other than that, I’m not worried at all.

Both teams are really good this year and it’s a matter of a team staying healthy. We saw what happened when the Yanks weren’t healthy last season. Once they got the guys back they started to perform. The Sox stayed healthy for most of the season and held on at the end when guys started to tire. I don’t think you’ll see guys tire this year from the Red Sox. The Red Sox have good pitching depth in the minors that will help out. Not so sure about the Yanks (and by that I mean I don’t really know what they have).

And to close out, I’ll say this again.

Anytime an athlete interacts with the fans via the blog medium, I think it’s a great thing especially when you can read about what’s going through their heads at any certain point in a game rather than reading it in the mainstream media outlets. And I do have to say, I’m a fan of the contests he’s done so far this spring.