March 30th, April 1st is just two days away and with it (other than a good prank) comes the long awaited beginning to the 2011 season. It seems that this offseason was both the shortest and the longest in a while. It flew by in that there was so much action starting from day one of the offseason to now. Yet it was the longest in that ever since I saw the names Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford in the Boston Globe I just couldn’t wait to see the opening day lineup. Well, my predictions are always wrong, but here are a few. 1) Red Sox win over 96 games and face either the Phillies or the Giants in the WS. 2) Lester wins 20 games (maybe more with the revamped bullpen) and the CY Young. 3) Gonzalez wins batting titled, hits .320+ with 35+ HR’s and 120+RBI’s. 4) Beckett and Lackey bounce back, with Lackey having the better season. 5) Crawford and Ellsbury drive opposing catchers crazy with 110+ steals between the two of them. 6) Salty makes us realize that he is the catcher he was advertised to be since he was drafted. 7) Papelbon loses his job as the closer, platoons with Bard. Well there are some no brainers and farfetched predictions for you, until then two more days until the first pitch, never looked forward to spring this much.
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