Views: 6624
Comments: 651

08:11 AM ET 04.13 | Slow starts are becoming a way of life in Boston. A year ago, the Red Sox opened the season 0-6. This year's bunch takes a 1-5 record into [Friday's] Fenway Park opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. ... With all the new faces, particularly rookie GM Ben Cherington and first-year manager Bobby Valentine, it's a huge leap to compare these Red Sox with those Red Sox. Too many of the current Sox are unfamiliar with what a Rolling Rally is all about. Too few of them were around the night Papelbon danced on the field in his underwear and with a beer carton perched atop his soon-to-be-aching noggin. Put another way, the 2012 Red Sox haven't earned your trust. That's a simple, non-debatable point.

Bobby Valentine, Icon Sports

Comments (651) Add A Comment

Comment #1 has been removed

April 13, 2012 08:20 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

Watch it Mick.

clemtheslowson

Total Comments (35024)

Comment #3 has been removed

April 13, 2012 08:28 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

Shouldn't the headline read the other way around?

THE BISHOP!

Total Comments (13361)

April 13, 2012 08:31 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 08:28 AM ET 04.13 by Commerce Comet

Morning Clem............. How goes it???

Okay. Spending my weekly 2 hours answering the phones here at the PD.

clemtheslowson

Total Comments (35024)

April 13, 2012 08:32 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 08:28 AM ET 04.13 by THE BISHOP!

Shouldn't the headline read the other way around?

Yep.

clemtheslowson

Total Comments (35024)

April 13, 2012 08:36 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

Even if they started out 6 - 0 the local media would still find something negative to pick on.

Mongo Alex

Total Comments (1920)

Comment #8 has been removed

Comment #9 has been removed

April 13, 2012 08:48 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

QUOTE(#9):

Originally posted 08:42 AM ET 04.13 by Senor PK no esta

what the holy hell is going on in your formerly peaceful bucolic state?

Mass transplants.

clemtheslowson

Total Comments (35024)

April 13, 2012 08:49 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

stick a fork in whatever the hell Red Sox Nation is

.ChiSoxFan.

Total Comments (13341)

Comment #12 has been removed

Comment #13 has been removed

April 13, 2012 09:00 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

I just heard a cop in Mass was just shot too.

clemtheslowson

Total Comments (35024)

Comment #15 has been removed

April 13, 2012 09:02 AM ET

Report Abuse | QUOTE

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 08:55 AM ET 04.13 by Senor PK no esta

We'll survive this, and endure, hell I lived through 75, 78, 86, and Grady $#@&! Little.FM by the way

That's a damn good price. Thanks for the link.