Lots of piling on the Red Sox from fans of teams that didn't win the World Series last year. 😎
It might be a rough year for us, but it's a lot easier to take with a stacked farm, ownership that isn't cheap, and the World Series trophy sitting in Fenway Park. In other words, suck it. 😛
As for Manny, I've heard that he's really changed his life in the last few years. Whether or not that's true, if the Cubs think he can contribute something, who am I to judge? It would be great if he really were a more mature man. He was one of the best hitters I've ever seen, I'm sure he has knowledge he can share. It's a better outcome than wasting away in negativity.
It's early in the season yet and much can happen. I spent 2011 and 2013 watching others tell me how hapless the Giants were and that they would never be good again. Get used to the hate, everyone else is jealous if they knock Boston in a weak point so early in the season!
At times in those two years where the Giants appeared to lose their mojo after a great previous year, it looked like it seeing Lincecum become unsteady and Cain losing the dominance he once had, and seeing the Panda look like a has been. I would have never expected a 2012 run to a trophy or first place in 2014 at this time so anything can happen.
I like that my Giants are on top but with Colorado's hitters and LA's pitchers, I wouldn't be surprised if either of those two get on top and start pulling ahead of the pack.
For now I am enjoying things but I don't like, like some twisted Giants fans proclaim, that we are in an "even" year and like 2010 and 2012 we are somehow going to win it all. There are so many other great teams that almost anything can happen. This type of unfound confidence makes As and Dodgers fans hate us as a whole. If our guys can't hit or pitch, it's time to admit it and not make excuses and enter each game as a blank slate.
Besides LAD who are usually third recently, I think the Rays who are fourth, climbing up the ladder is possible and both may have a great year in 2014. I don't see either as outside chances. Other teams not on the radar that can climb up and ahead could be the Reds and Nationals. And for Boston, it would not surprise me to see them have a better second half and at least make the playoffs.
Boston versus SF would be epic! If Giants or As don't make it then I want to see Boston at least go back to back and not let the Yankees be the latest team from the AL East to be a back to back winner. I don't expect three in a row for Boston, but winning it all in 2014 would shut up some conceited Yankees fans, cough, like my NYC born wife.
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