Spring Training Rules

Yo yo yo...

...Coco claims that he loves the competition. Really Coco? You love having some punk ass kid steal your job right out from under your nose? Or is this another Pedro Martinez "I'm just glad people know my name when they chant who's your daddy and I don't want a rep as a clubhouse cancer if i do finally get traded..." kind of thing?

...Joshie missed a start due to back spasms. At least it isn't blisters *knocks wood* I'm not worried.

...Delcarmen has been having a bitching spring training. hansen, not quite as much. I've still got the 13 runs they gave up here in the B-Lo last summer burned into my brain. That was kinda painful to watch.

...I still have a giant inappropriate crush on Mike Lowell.

...In the latest episode of "large Marge and the chunky boys" it seems that Bartolo Colon is progressing nicely in spring training. In related news, the team finally found a use for David Well's giant jersey.

...Am still counting down the days until Spring Training ends and the reals season begins. Is it amoral for me to call in sick on the days the Sox play the A's in Japan at 8am? Or should I just put the game on in the classroom and call it a "study day?" And is 6am too early for the traditional Opening Day teleshot? (Geo, will need your opinion on this.)

God really does have a sense of humor

I try to keep my personal life off of the baseball blog. But what happens when the two meet in a sick and cruel twist of fate? I feel like I need to say it...my boyfriend is a Yankees fan. A real-life excerpt from our first date:

Me: It's ok, we'll just raise our kids to be Tampa Bay Fans.
Him: I'd rather my kids root for the Red Sox than the Rays.
Me: OK.

It was kind of awesome. He never saw it coming, either.