This is what I was afraid of with the Red Sox

At least there was no suspense in this game.Yeah, I know it is early. But one reason I wasn't swept up in the pre season hype was I felt like there were too many assumptions about the starting rotation. Lester and Buchholz were written in ink and the assumption was either Lackey, Beckett or Dice-K were going to be bouncing back.Well we had better HOPE so. John Lackey became John Lacking or John

The Hype of Kris Benson

I read yesterday that Kris Benson was indeed retiring from baseball. I was shocked when I read that. He was still pitching?That would be like hearing “Katrina and the Waves broke up.” Yeah, I figured they did.Actually Benson did pitch for a few games in 2009 and 2010. He pitched 36 1/3 innings in the majors since 2006. And he hung them up today.He made tens of millions of dollars along the way,