Can you remember a Boston Red Sox season that began with such low expectations? You have to go back to the early 1990s, when Butch Hobson managed the team for three very bad seasons, to find a Red Sox team from which so little was expected.
In a perfect world, nothing expected means this team cannot disappoint, but I don’t think that’s true. Another season dramatically under .500 would be a disappointment. Eighty-two to 88 wins is doable. If this team doesn’t not contend for a playoff spot, at least it appears it will play hard every day.
I normally wait until later in the Spring to hoist the annual sports haiku, but with so many questions entering this baseball season, it felt appropriate to address the Red Sox season in verse.
If this team wins, everybody will be writing poems about it.
John Farrell
Bought from Toronto
a pitching guru and hope
forget Bobby V
Jon Lester
Key to the season
left arm is great, but does the
head cooperate?
Jackie Bradley, Jr.
Such promise and poise
Boras plans for the future
a new Freddy Lynn?
John Lackey
Almost forgot you
be average, not awful
and we’ll get along
Clay Buchholtz
Wisp with a curveball
Farrell works magic can you
win seventeen games?
David Ortiz
Ten years of power
clutch hits, home runs, Big Papi
limps to the finish
Alfredo Aceves
Man, you are crazy
maniac with a fastball
You scare me a bit
Jose Iglesias
Hit a little, please
A hurt Drew, flash the defense
slap singles and stay
Joel Hanrahan
Steady in the ninth
will Pittsburgh success translate?
make starters breathe easy
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Some pop, and some Ks
drive in more runs, call good games
earn the pitchers’ trust
Will Middlebrooks
Year two improvement
hot corner is set for years
power and defense
Shane Victorino
Flyin’ Hawaiian
nickname is good one, but hit
or be called bad things
Mike Napoli
Creaky old man hips
Fenway power on display
tattoo the Monster
Dustin Pedroia
This is your team now
your hustle will set the tone
Laser Show comeback
Travis Lazarczyk — 861-9242
tlazarczyk@centralmaine.com
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