30 Teams in 30 Days: Boston Red Sox

30 Teams in 30 Days is a preseason feature to highlight the significant changes to each of the major league teams. It's meant to get everyone up to speed before our pre-season predictions in mid-March

The other Evil Empire, after turning into the very thing they despised in trying to end the dominance of the Yankees at the end of the last century, has had a very productive decade. The Sawks have been one of the most successful teams in baseball over the last five years, averaging 94 wins per season with playoff appearances in four of the five last five seasons and World Series titles in 2004 and 2007. So maybe changing from the lovable underdog and thorn in the Yankees' side to the other disgustingly rich perennial power in the AL East was worth it. You really can't fault them for thriving in a broken system.

Last year, the Red Sox finished second in the East to the eventual League Champion; the Rays. They still won 95 games and earned the AL Wild Card. The Red Sox lost in the ALCS to the Rays in seven games. With seven All-Stars, six of which will return for 2009 (including the AL MVP Dustin Pedroia) the Red Sox don't look likely to fall from contention any time soon.

C-Josh Bard
1B-Kevin Youkilis
2B-Dustin Pedroia
3B-Mike Lowell
SS-Julio Lugo
LF-Jason Bay
CF-Jacoby Ellsbury
RF-J.D. Drew
DH-David Ortiz

SP-Josh Beckett
SP-Jon Lester
SP-Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP-Tim Wakefield
SP-Brad Penny

Other notable players: P John Smoltz, P Clay Buchholz, IF Jed Lowrie, OF Rocco Baldelli, and C Jason Varitek.

By all appearances, the Red Sox look poised to be one of the elite teams in the AL again this year. With experienced veterans such as Ortiz, Lowell, and Beckett along with exciting young stars like Ellsbury and Lester, the Red Sox will be 2009 favorites for many observers.

Clemens deserves to be in Cooperstown

I don't care if he did steroids, Roger Clemens is still one of the best pitchers of all-time and is a hall of famer. Of course, a lot of the fucktards who have votes won't vote for him.

Even if you erase all of his numbers from when he was presumably on the juice (after he left Boston), he's still a hall of famer.

From 1984-1996 (his last year with the Red Sox), Clemens was the best pitcher in baseball. Three Cy Youngs (86, 87, 91) and an MVP (86). He also should have won the Cy Young in 1990. But of course the dipshits doing the voting gave it to Bob Welch because he had six more wins and didn't care that his ERA was a run higher than the Rocket's.

When you're the best pitcher in baseball for a twelve year period, you're a hall of famer. Anyone who doesn't vote for him should have their voting privelages taken away.

The Mariners Are Going All The Way Baby!!!!

Monumental breaking news in the baseball world today. The Seattle Mariners have acquired....


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DAVID AARDSMA!!!

The 28 year-old righty reliever has a sterling 5.29 in 128 career appearances with the Giants, Cubs, White Sox, and Red Sox.

As many fans of Chicago know, Aardsma has often been labeled as the destroyer of playoff dreams and the slayer of puppy dogs. Therefore, I suggest you prepare for Don Wakamatsu having a brain aneurysm during a seventh inning meltdown.

The Red Sox acquired 20 year-old Fabian Williamson who is 10-5 with a 3.55 ERA and 144 strikeouts in two minor league seasons. Actually, that causes me to feel no pity for you.