The lights are out at Fenway for another year. But
this off-season will not be filled with trophy tours and duckboats. It will be—once again—time to visit with our old friends: angst and agita. We ask: which prospects will remain in
Carmine Hose and which will
Ben Cherington package—like so many Xmas presents—to Miami for
Giancarlo "Don't Call Me Mike" Stanton? Which starting pitchers will be acquired to fill the void left by the departures of
Jon Lester,
John Lackey,
Felix Doubront and
Jake Peavy? And, who will
really take the place of the dear departed
Jenny Dell? All of these pressing questions will occupy us through the cold dark nights. But Fort Myers will come soon enough. Remember the sage words of the great
Rogers Hornsby,
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Indeed.
