Seven Games, No TV Broadcast

Including todays 1:05PM start against the Phillies, the Red Sox will have played seven Spring Training games without a single one being broadcast on TV. This makes about zero sense to me.

With all the hype of the new faces coming to Boston this season, I want to be able to see their first at-bats in a Sox uniform without having to book a trip to Fort Meyer’s, Florida. Come on NESN. This is Red Sox Nation, people will skip work to watch the first Spring Training game on TV but instead I have to wait until the eighth game of Spring Training to see any live baseball.

I just saw a tweet from Ian Browne saying the only prominent players traveling to play the Yankees tomorrow will be Clay Buchholz, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie and Jose Iglesias. So the first game we are going to watch we don’t get to see Pedroia, Youkilis, Big Papi, Crawford, Ellsbury or ANYONE else good. That makes sense. Get on top of your game NESN. This is Red Sox Nation, WE WANT BASEBALL!

Would you watch these games if NESN broadcast them on TV? Share your thoughts in the comment section or vote in the poll…

Pedroia at His Best

So far at Spring Training down in Fort Meyer’s, Dustin Pedroia has been firing

Photo Credit boston.sportsthenandnow.com

off some great one liners. Here are a few…

While doing cutoff drills with Cuban defector Jose Iglesias.

“Listen to me, you’re with the Red Sox now, and here, I’m Fidel Castro.”

Before Saturday’s game against Boston College.

“We’re going to kick BC’s ass.”

SIDE NOTE: Terry Francona getting in on the action.

On Carl Crawford.

“I told him today, ‘I fucking hated you [in Tampa]; now I love you.” (via @Sean_McAdam)