High school! They knew each other in HIGH SCHOOL! And I LOVE IT!

[1863_project]

Okay, so my favorite pitching prospect giving up the run that would eventually decide the game is depressing. But it's only Spring Training, and it's not really a big deal. After all, they're still getting into the groove of things. (And don't worry, Rick - all is forgiven. We won't see the Marlins very much this season anyway - which is depressing

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[piney61]

No problemo. Alex Speier is one of my favorite columnists out there. He did this article after Game 5 of the ALCS that I freaking adored in which he spun a tale of two unidentified players eating postgame

Two Sox players sat at a clubhouse table while eating their postgame meal, chatting with the feverish excitement normally reserved for fans. Their voices rose as they analyzed the dominance of Beckett, the electric stuff of closer Jonathan Papelbon, the lineup that thumped Indians ace C.C. Sabathia, and the prospect of having Sox pitcher Curt Schilling on the mound in Game 6 of the best-of-seven series.

And then the realization struck.

"Dude!" one was overheard saying to the other. "We're going to win this!"

There was a note of surprise in the claim, a sign that the switch had flipped. Before Game 5, a comeback was mathematically possible. Now, as the teams head back to Fenway Park, the scenario has become realistic.

I just loved how he spun that tale especially with the line "chatting with the feverish excitement normally reserved for fans"

And this other line that was from an article after Game 1 of the World Series which basiaclly perfectly summed up the 2007 team

There is little zeal for celebrity. The defining characteristic of the current members of the Sox is an obsession with baseball. The contrast seems so stark that current members of the Sox demonstrate more than a hint of annoyance when asked to describe the relics of Idiocy that linger.

"Are we going to have to answer this question over and over? Every team is different year-to-year. Different players. I can't answer that one," said corner infielder Kevin Youkilis. "The personalities are different. I don't want to go into each guy and explain their persona."

But enough about my journalist loves...they're just made of awesome. That's really all you can really say. They're just awesome.

[1863_project]

I love that "Dude, we're going to win this!" line. That just sounds like about half the people on that '07 roster. And Youk saying 'persona' is great, too.

But that writing is fantastic. "The relics of idiocy that linger?" Brilliant.