I (Silently) Told You So

Ok, I could have sworn that I claimed to be optimistic about what Mike Lowell would bring to the Sawx this season. The closest I can find is an allusion to the pretty obvious 'Roid suspicions involved in his precipitous dropoff from '04 to '05. But seriously, I was happy about it - we could afford the salary (especially as part of the Beckett deal), it was for two years, and at very least he was going to play Gold Glove 3rd base. Well, he's played superbly in the field...and is hitting .333 while remaining one of the Major League Leaders in extra-base hits.

Wily Mo is starting to make a believer out of me, perhaps CF is his best position. And he just rakes the ball. Plus, he's both huge, and slightly expendable - which will come in handy for the inevitable brawl with the Yankees. (I say we send him after Robinson Cano...)

And, more good new on the way with one Covelli Crisp returning soon (btw: ouch!:

Crisp, meanwhile, is not much more than a week away from rejoining the Sox, his rehab stalled two weeks ago by a debilitating bout with kidney stones.

TMI!) and Big Boomer Wells to return on Friday...

I don't want to get too jacked up and jinx the whole thing, but this could turn out to be a pretty special team - deep starting rotation; a lock-down closer; great infield defense; depth (two out of Crisp, Nixon and Pena for the non-Manny outfield spots) another murderous top-to-bottom lineup, featuring Kevin Youkilis, the Greek God of Walks as one of the emerging leadoff hitters in the game (with the glaring hole being the Gonzales-Cora-Pedroia Axis of Feeble at short); and a two of the most feared hitters in the game as our anchors in Manny and Papi...

I feel a tremendous sense of trepidation even posting this but...