Boston Red Sox Nation News, Born Into It.Com February 2006 Archives

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Rally Against Cancer Day asks businesses throughout New England to permit, even encourage, their staff to wear their favorite Red Sox apparel to work. To participate, employees will each contribute $5 to the Jimmy Fund.-

There is no excuse for any Boston area business to not participate. Send us a picture of your staff wearing Sox gear on this day and we will post you on the site. Go Sox!.

"If I’m watching a football game, and I have my fantasy football thing going, and I’m watching my player and he does well, I’m excited for him," Crisp said yesterday after his first session with the Boston media. "But if he does bad, I’m angry at him for the whole time because he probably cost me one of the games."-Full Article

Let's Play Ball
(By Don Hyslop, Scotian1)

How time flies! It does not seem that long ago that the Sox were battling the White Sox in game three of their playoffs and looked like they were going to score at least the tying run in that game only to have Johnny D. swing at ball four which should have produced the tying run in that game.
Since that time boy has a lot around Red Sox Nation changed. No longer do we have Damon, Mueller, Millar, or Mirabelli among others. Instead we now will be cheering for Snow, Gonzalez, Crisp, Lowell, Beckett, Seanez and Tavares. Many of the names have changed but the team is still our team as it has been in my case for the past 44 years when I made my first visit to Fenway at the age of 12. Up till that time I had always been a fan of the Evil Empire, primarily for two reasons I guess;1. they always won and 2. they were always on the one game of the week we could watch on TV, NBC's game of the week with Pee Wee Reese and Dizzy Dean. Thankfully my first visit to baseball's most beloved park changed all that for the better when I was born again into Red Sox Nation.
Now 44 years later with a World Series and several near misses under our belts we look forward to another summer where hope reigns supreme. Isn't it great to see spring training reports on the nightly news bringing a promise of warm summer days to come. Days at the ballpark or in front of the Bar-B-Que with Joe and Jerry on in the background. Isn't it amazing that here in Nova Scotia thanks to the direct line of the Ocean between Boston and ourselves I can listen to the games on the radio at any time throughout the day.
Will the Yankees offense rule the A.L., will their pitching hold up, will ours, are the Blue Jays really a threat? So many great questions that the answers to will be slowly revealed over the next several months. Right now our team almost looks complete with just a couple of matters to cause us consternation. Will Wells be dealt sooner or later? Is Manny going to be happy or will that matter? Is Roger's return just a dream or a possible nightmare? What about Schilling and Foulke? I quess most teams don't have the potential for drama that ours still has before the season even starts but then our team is the Red Sox isn't it.
Most of this years tickets are already sold, the passion is evident on all the talk shows and numerous Sox fan sites on the internet. We are ready for baseball 2006. Bring it on, we have strong appetite for baseball to satisfy!

Most likely the latter as there is still no indication that he has any interest in playing for Boston or even in leaving Houston. The thought is more romantic then reality so your probably better off wasting your time watching the Olympics for the next few weeks then pondering this possibility.

They’ve told many this winter that it’s unlikely that Clemens, 43, will play for anyone other than the Houston Astros this season, if he plays at all. Jeff Horrigan 2/11 Herald Article

-Sox reportedly making video to convince Roger to end his career where it started

The World Baseball Classic is an international baseball tournament, featuring Major League players, to be first held in March 2006. It is the first international baseball tournament to feature major-league players; the Summer Olympics regularly features college and minor-league players, since it conflicts with the MLB season.-(Wikepedia.com). The WBC will overlap spring training for the players involved. To prevent injury for pitchers a pitch count limit and mercy rules have been set.

Any additional questions and to purchase tickets visit www.worldbaseballclassic.com

The WBC will be played from March 3rd to March 20th and the following Red Sox players will represent their respective countries:

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