El Guapo's Ghost Rambles on about the Red Sox

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If you combined the Rangers and Indians, you would have one good, young club. Texas can hit. Everyone reading this should know about Soriano, Blalock, Young and Teixeira (former Sox draft pick), but Fullmer and Mench can mash, as well when healthy. Texas' lineup is solid. The pitching is.......well suspect beside Cordero - the closer. Hopefully, the Sox won't be facing him.

The opposite is true for Cleveland. C.C. is a stud and should be 100% when taking on the Sox at the end of the series. Cliff Lee can pitch and Jason Davis was spectular the time I watched him pitch. The scouting report on Davis is just as glowing but like most young pitchers he has been inconsisent. On paper the pen looks solid with Riske, Stewart, and Jimenez but has had issue to date. Youngster, Rafael Betancourt has been tremendous in 13 innings of work in 2004. In 51 combined innings in 2003 and 2004, Betancourt has 51 strikeouts/13 BB/7 HR. Once he learns to keep the ball down and in the park, he could be lights out. The lineup.....is nothing special. A couple of good hitters, but know one a team pitches around.

UPDATE

I am heading to South Florida tomorrow for a Jimmy Buffett concert then to Key West for some beach relaxation. It will be nearly impossible to get tickets for Jimmy's show at Fenway so a trip was necessary. Of course, no posts until May 6th at the earliest. Upon my return, I’ll be getting into some Sox and roto number crunching since we have a decent amount of data.

I have never been to Key West. My first impression of the city was in a great movie Running Scared. Even though I have never been to the most southern point in the U.S.A., I hope to follow the lead of Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines characters by moving to Key West and owning a bar. I plan on eating and drinking way too much, getting sun burned, finishing Shout by Howard Bryant, reading Pearlman’s The Bad Guys Won, and maybe getting through a few chapters of Paul Krugman’s book. Oh - and meet beautiful and interesting women. As a betting man, I advise you to put your money down on just eating and drinking to excess.

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